School: Rochfortbridge (B.) (roll number 1122)
- Location:
- Rochfortbridge, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Ml. Rowan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 475
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He is shod about once a month. An old horseshoe is nailed to the stable door for luck.
The pigs are kept in a stable, called a pigsty. the whole year round. There are two home-made troughs in the sty. When the sty is being cleaned out, the pigs are turned out into the yard.
The poultry are kept in the hen-house at night, and are let loose during the day. A large ladder is left lying slanted against one of the walls on the inside of the hen-house for the hens to rest on at night.
A shelf is made along another wall with a lot of boxes on it. a handful of hay is put in each of them. then hens lay in these. There are thirteen eggs put down for a hen;s setting. they are usually hatches in three weeks. If all the chickens live, it is said that Luck is coming to that house. While they are being(continues on next page)
- Collector
- William Kelly
- Gender
- Male
