School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab (2) (roll number 13976)
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: J.W. Pollard
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0291, Page 460
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- (continued from previous page)Horses are given, hay, mangolds, and oats in the winter. The horses are shod by the smiths who live in the district. The house where a horse is kept is called a stable, and the part of it where they are fed is called a manger. This is a wall about two feet high with a hollow in the centre where the food is put.
Horses are clipped twice a year, in the Summer and winter.
Goats feed on heather, briar, and, grass, and other herbs. It is said that goats milk is very good and nourishing especially for children. They are bedded with straw during the winter, and are left out by night during the Summer. Pigs are fed with meal, potatoes and separated milk. The article in which they are fed is called a trough. They are bedded with straw. The house in house in which they are kept is called "a pig's house". Hens are fed with meal, and potatoes and crushed oats. The house in which they are kept is called a pen. The guinea hens are of a grey colour and are very noisy birds.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Kingston
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathruane More, Co. Cork
