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School: Ballyburke (roll number 5125)

Location:
Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090F, Page 09_035

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    The animals we keep the most are cows, horses, and calves, and asses sometimes. We keep three cows, and sometimes we keep only two. We keep only one horse. She does have a foal every year. We have three cows at present. We have a cow called Strawberry and we have another cow and we call her White-head. We call our cow White-head because she has a white head. We do not keep a lot of animals on our farm because we have not a very big farm. We have a big barn where we keep our cows and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Ludden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bellaburke, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Ludden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bellaburke, Co. Mayo