School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)

Location:
Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Tomás Bineidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776C, Page 01_032

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  1. We have one turkey at home. Her name is Poll. She starts to lay about the 3rd March. She lays about sixteen or eighteen eggs. Then she goes to hatch. We put her in a big bath in a dark house and we put her down at night. When she is two weeks down my mother goes out at night with a candle and looks through the
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. animal-lore (~1,185)
        1. bird-lore (~2,478)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tim Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corbally, Co. Kildare