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School: Dún Bhéacháin (Dunbeacon) (roll number 15552)

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Dunbeacon, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Foghlú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0290, Page 085

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    on top to keep it in that position. When the cow puts her head between the sticks they are slided together and the iron is placed on top, leaving the cow, with her head inside the stall and unable to take it out.
    The stable
    is the house in which the horse is kept. It is cleaned every morning and fresh rushes or straw is put in it. The horse is shod about once in three months but if he is not working hard he need not be shod so often. The horse is clipped once a year and it is usually around Christmas this done.
    Hens
    Nearly all farmers keep about a hundred hens and chickens are hatched every year. The
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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 O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Female