School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)

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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   212 divided into two stalls by a partition. The horses are tied round their necks by means of halters. When I am calling fowl I say I say "Chuck, Chuck," and when I am calling turkeys I say "Pee, Pec, Pec, Pee." The yellow stirabout boiled for turkeys is known round here as "Pap" When I am setting eggs I write the date and the month on each egg. When I give a clutch of eggs to a friend, my friend gives me a coin, otherwise my friend will take my luck with the eggs.

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2. The Care of Our Farm Animals

   

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   Sonny Pierce
   Ballyroebuck

   Every farmer keeps cattle, horses, pigs
   cows, sheep. Each of our cows has a name, for example Moll and Pollie.
   Our cow house is about twenty feet long and about ten feet wide. It is really half of the barn but is divided by a crib in which the cows are foddered and by feeding

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