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School: Walshestown (roll number 3245)

Location:
Walshestown North, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dhuibhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0736, Page 407

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  1. Our Farm Animals

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    The cowhouse is rather a large shed where there is a dairy. Nowadays the cowhouses are more up-to-date than in former times. It is usually long with a row of tyings on each side. Each cow is separated by a low wall. Thick stakes are put in the shed floor and to every stake a chain is attached. The chain is put round the cows neck and caught by a hook on the end of the chain. These tyings are home-made.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tim Mulready
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Irishtown, Co. Westmeath

  2. Our Farm Animals

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    When poeple are calling hens they say "chuck, chuck"
    Turkeys - "yib, yib, yib"
    Ducks - "meel, meel, meel"
    Cats - "puish, puish, puish"
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