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School: Lecks

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Lecks, Co. Cavan
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C. Ní Dhiarmuida
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1013, Page 156

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  1. The Care of our Farm Animals

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    The care of our farm animals
    The Farm Animals we have at home are Cows, calves, horses, sheep, goats and pigs.
    We have four cows and they all have got names. Bawny cow, the speckled cow, the white cow and the wee cow. When driving out the cows in the field we say: How How The cow house is a nice slated house about twenty feet long and twelve feet wide. It is called the byre. They are tied to stakes. The tyings are made chains and the cows are tied round the neck. The manger is used for feeding the cows. There is a horseshoe.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice F. Tierney
    Gender
    Female