School: Beacán (C.)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 298
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- There are different kinds of animals kept on every farm, such as cows, calves, pigs, sheep, goats and horses, and the different kinds of fowl are hens, ducks, geese and turkeys.
The cows are given different names such as Bess, Cailin, Polly and many others, and each night they are tied in a cow house or stable. The cow house is a fairly large building and is usually galvanized and it contains two doors and a small place or stall as it is called, for each cow to tie(continues on next page)
