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School: Cullyfad, Longford (roll number 15975)

Location:
Killyfad, Co. Longford
Teacher:
William Balfe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 391

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    clipping them and that is when the weather begins to get warm and when the Spring's work begin.
    Pigs are kept at every farm. Some people say that it is unlucky for two out of the one family to eat a pig's kidney for it will come out on their cheek. The house in which the pigs are kept is called a pig sty. When one is calling a pig one says horish, horish.
    The sheep is a very useful animal. His coat is a fleece of wool and the wool is shorn of the sheep in the month of May. The wool is then sent to the wollen mills and blankets and wollen clothes are made out of
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Mc Creanor
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    William Little
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Creeve, Co. Longford