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School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)

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Adare, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
An tSr. Mechtildes
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0505, Page 212

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    Care for Animals.
    There are a lot of farm animals which should be very well cared for such as cows, horses and calves.
    In the winter the cows should be brought into the cowhouse and hay and turnips given to them. They should be milked morning and evening. The cowhouses should be very comfortable with straw on the floor and good stalls to fasten them. Every cow has a name of her own, such as the Kerry cow and the Polly cow.
    The horses are very hard working animals. They have a stable and it is
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clorane, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    James Fitzgerald
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Clorane, Co. Limerick