School: Mount Talbot (roll number 14056)
- Location:
- Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Héimhthigh
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- This is a list of our farm animals:- The cow, sheep, pig, horse and ass. This is a list of our domestic animals:- The cat and the dog. one of our cows has any names. When driving the cow to the field my father often uses the word "Serse".
A cow house should be 91/2 by 41/2 feet. It should be well ventilated and have good cement floor. The manger should be two feet wide by 1 foot high. The manger consists of a nine inch plank or a cement wall. The cows are tied by the neck to stakes. They are tied with iron cow - chains. No one of them I know of homemade.
There is mo branch or emblem hung in any cowhouse that I know of. A horse's stable(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brighid Ní Fhlannagáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- J. Flannagan
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon