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School: Lathach Barr

Location:
Ardbane or Laghy Barr, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seaghan Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 358

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  1. Old Cures (continued)

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  2. Our Cow House

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    We have a large cow house at home. He is called a byre. It holds six cows. It is eight feet high and eleven fut wide. It has a roof of corrugated iron. There is a heavy oak beam going across each gable from one side wall to the other. This beam is called a revel tree. To this beam the stake for the cows are fixed. The stakes was first sunk in the floor and then a runner made from a handle of a bucket was just down over the top of each stake. The stake was then made fast to the revel tree so that she
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