School: Springtown, Granard (roll number 8470)
- Location:
- Baile an Fhaireacháin, Co. an Longfoirt
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Dhála
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0569
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The Care of our Farm Animals The animals found on our farmyard are most likely found on all the farmyards in this district.
We have a sow with a litter of fourteen pigs. My father took two of those pigs from the sow and is rearing them up as pets. Every hour we have to boil milk for them and put a teaspoon of sugar on it. We feed them with a spoon. Some people feed with a bottle and they hang them up in a bag on the crook over the fire in kitchen.
We have six cows their names are Sally, Kitty, Lubacin, Pucaralli, bainy, horney. The cow-house is called the byre. There are four appartments in(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Miriam Mulligan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Béal Átha an Mhuilinn, Co. an Longfoirt
