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School: Coillte Craobhacha, Baile na Muc (roll number 15108)

Location:
Kiltycreevagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Cionáith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0759, Page 073

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    the morning they are fed with hay and there is a mash of Indian meal and oat meal mixed and scalded. They they are milked and let out in the fields. When a hen is hatching eggs there is a horse shoe or an old piece of iron put under the nest on which the hen is hatching. It takes three weeks hatching to hen-eggs, four weeks to duck-eggs and turkey eggs. There is a mark put on the eggs when they are going to be set.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Caitlín Ní Donnghaile
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shanmullagh, Co. Longford
    Informant
    James Donnelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shanmullagh, Co. Longford