School: Twomilehouse (roll number 2284)
- Location:
- Twomilehouse, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Tomás Bineidh
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- We have thirty hens at home and one cock one of the hens name is Poll. We feed them three times a day with oats. In the hen house there are four places for the hens to lay. We put ashes on the floor of the hen house. Some of the hens clock every year and they are put down to hatch. Thirteen eggs are put under each hen and it takes three weeks for the chickens to come out. They are not fed for a day. Before they are fed the little hard lump is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Hartigan
- Gender
- Male
