School: Kilbeggan (Mercy Convent) (roll number 14491)

Location:
Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Sr Philomena
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    also in which we keep the only. My Mother keeps special supervision here and allows no one to enter. She keeps it thoroughly clean. The dairy is her hobby and she takes a special deligh in it. As we cater for a good many customer she sees that they get clean milk. Of course there is much time and trouble to keep everything in order. We generally see large green boughs and horse shoes hung over the doors of sheds where animals are housed so as to ward off bad luck from them. Red rags are tied to the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Imelda Dunican
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilbeggan, Co. Westmeath