School: Ráth Bhán (roll number 15996)
- Location:
- An Ráth Bhán, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Ss Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 097
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- (continued from previous page)other pig a while before he kills the other pig. After that he gives the pig he intends to kill some good feeding like meal or oats in order that bacon will be good and hard.The pig that get good feeding like that is not easily killed and they be always with ropes. Some people bring the pigs to the factory to be killed and cleaned. But others kill them themselves because they have to pay five shillings in the factory.When the pig is killed and cleaned they hang her up some place for the meat to harden. They leave it in that position for two or three day (for the meat(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coill Mhullach, Co. Mhaigh Eo
