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School: St Mary's, Bridge-End

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Bridge End, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 177

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    The Care of Our Farm animals
    Names of animals
    Cows, horses, donkeys, goats, lambs, dogs, cats, hens, chickens, ducks, turkeys, pigs, sheep ponys.
    Names given to cows
    Ronney, Molly, Spotty, beauty.
    Names given to horses
    Tom, James, Johnie, Willie, Dick.
    What are cows called
    How: How: is said to cows when driving them out and the calves are called sugie: sugie
    Kind of cowhouse
    The cowhouse is called the byre. The people that are selling milk have to have their byre very clean and fixed in a certain
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bridge End, Co. Donegal