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School: Rathcarran (roll number 4370)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0697, Page 348

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    under a sitting - hen. When the chickens are coming out first we feed them with oaten meal, and after a while we give them potatoes throughout their meal. We give water and oaten - meal to young ducks. We give the same food to geese.
    We have to put new shoes on the horses when they lose their shoes. The blacksnith shoes the horses. We clip the horses with a racking machine.
    Goats are nice quiet animals. The goats have very rich milk.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    M. Murray
    Age
    c. 45
    Address
    Clonymore, Co. Meath