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School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)

Location:
Colehill, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 067

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    The following are the list of farm and domestic animals at my home,. One horse, three cows, two goats, and three pigs.
    We have three cows at home and their names are Sunny Girl, Molly, and Prover. When driving the cows and calves we say "how on". Our cowhouse is able to accomodate six cows. It has a cemented floor, and in the wall there is small windows through which the air gets in. The place where the cows feed out of is called a manger. The cowhouse is called a "byer". The cows are tied with chains now. My father told me cows were tied with hay ropes long-ago and these were
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Murphy
    Gender
    Male