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School: Seefin (B. & C.) (roll number 12874)

Location:
Seefin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
James P. Byrne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0096G, Page 01_016

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    The animals we keep on our farm are cattle, sheep, pigs, a horse, and a donkey. We keep two cows in our farm. The names of the cows are the "black cow" and the "snowball". When I am driving the cows I saw habhra! habha! to them. We call the calfs to the milk by saying suck, suck to them. The name of the cow-house is the cabin. We put straw under our cows to bed them. We tie the cows with a strong
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Willie Joe Cunningham
    Gender
    Male