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School: Castletowngeoghegan (C.) (roll number 2093)

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Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
C. Ní Chonaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 495

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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    The name of the animals at home are the cows, calves, horses and pigs. When the people are calling the cows they say 'Prug'. The cow-shed is a large house with a manger at each end. There is a chain fastened to the manger and it is put around the cow's neck to tie her and sometimes a bow is used.
    Some people put a piece of palm in the cow shed to bring luck on the animals and sometimes people nail a horse-shoe on the door to protect them from disease.
    In the horse-shed there is a manger to put in hay. Sometimes the horse is tied to the manger with a head collar. In summer the men clip the horse with a horse clipper and he is shod at the forge by a blacksmith
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Keegan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    16
    Address
    Killalea, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mr James Rabbitt
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Occupation
    Tailor
    Address
    Keelbeg, Co. Westmeath