School: Castletown

Location:
Baile an Chaisleáin, Co. na Mí
Teacher:
Owen Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 337

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 337

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    1. gníomhaíochtaí
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  2. We have six milk cows at home. They give a lot of milk. We have the fore milk, to the calves, and the strigins we keep for the use of the house. When the cow is after calving the milk she gives, we call is beastons. There is sugar put n the beastons and given to the cow, the way she will milk well through
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