School: Dún Béicín (roll number 14822)
- Location:
- Doonbeakin, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Máire Nic Giolla Geanainn
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- (continued from previous page)keep three cows six calves, a horse, an ass and six sheep on twenty acres of this
Our cows have names one cow is called the White Horn because she has only white hon Another cow is called the Ruball ban because she has a white tail. The other cow is called the Gleneaskey cow because she was bought in Gleneaskey
The cow-house is iron roofed (The cow-house is iorn) There are two apartments in our cow-house and each cow is tied in a little room for herself Our cows are tied by the neck. The tyings are made of chains and pices of cloths rolled round them so that they will not hurt their necks. Some cows are tied by a stake stuck down in the ground a rope tying them by the horns Other cows are tied by a horse shoe nailed int he wall and a chain coming(continues on next page)- Collector
- Hugh Golden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dunowla, Co. Sligo