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School: Ballyroebuck (roll number 12841)

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Baile Robac, Co. Loch Garman
Teacher:
Seán Diolúin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0895, Page 185

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    the man with the fat pigs. It takes six weeks to fatten the pigs and they are fed three times every day. The bonhams are fed three times also, but they would eat as much as a big pig. A bonham is fit to sell after ten weeks old. A bonham ten weeks old costs twenty-six or twenty-eight shillings.
    Jeremiah Fitzpatrick, Ballyancron, Carnew, Co. Wicklow
    Patrick Fitzpatrick, Ballyancron, Carnew, Co. Wicklow
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jeremiah Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bealach an Aonchrainn, Co. Loch Garman
    Informant
    Patrick Fitzpatrick
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bealach an Aonchrainn, Co. Loch Garman