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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 07_030

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    We call our cowhouse the cows stable. We put straw under our cows and calfs, for bedding. We tie our cows with chains and we tie some of the calfs with himp-rope and some more with straw ropes. The chains are bought in the shops. We dont hang anything up in our cows-stable.
    There was once cow that had a lot of milk every morning a hare used to come and suck the milk from the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Flynn
    Gender
    Female