School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)
- Location:
- Rathkell, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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- We have three cows of a black colour.We house them every night both winter and summer and on bad days. The reason we have for housing them in autumn and summer is, one of them has a cough and if she were left out at night no matter how warm the weather would be the cough would become worse, one would not stay out without the other so we house the three and give them grass and hay to eat.The house we have them in is called the cowhouse. The walls are made of stone and mortar and the roof is slated. The floor is flagged and the walls are white-washed both inside and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Emily Joyce
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Glenavenew, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Peter Joyce
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenavenew, Co. Mayo