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School: Lacken

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Lackanduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Colreavy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 203

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    sheep racks. The sheep have young lambs in Spring and they be very playful. The calves are fed on milk till they are three months old. After three months they are fed with hay, and grass. The farm fowl are hens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. The hens are kept in a house called the fowl house house. There are perches in it, where the hens roost, the hens are fed with corn and potatoes and meal. The ducks are kept in a duck house they are fed with with the same kind of food as the hens
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Lucy Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Lismeen, Co. Cavan