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School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)

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Hospital, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr. Bernard
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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    The list of the farm animals are cows, sheep, pigs, horses, and donkeys. Each cow in a farm has a special name such as Bawny, Polly, Dolly, and Broken Horn and Pet and many people call their cows after the place where they buy them or some farmers call them after the people they buy them from. When the cows are driven out of a field or into it people say "How! How!". In this district the cowhouses are made of stone walls and slated roofs. Inside in them there are bales to which the cows are tied while milking and they are also tied to these bales in the winter nights. There is a
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlefarm, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr P. O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlefarm, Co. Limerick