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1. The Care of Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   in houses but some pigs are let out in field and they are always fed in the house. We have eight pigs at home and we never let them out in the field. We have no goats but we have twenty seven sheep. When we are letting the horses to stop we say "Whoa"

   We have sixteen chickens and eighty two hens. We keep no duck and keep nine geese. About thirteen eggs is always but under a hen and left for three weeks before they come out. Sometimes there is a mark put on the eggs.

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   We distinguish [by] the colour of the cows.
   When we are driving in the sheep we shout "butchy". When we are driving the horses in we say "Hi-up".

   when we are calling hens we say "clucky". When we are calling ducks we say "Weck".
   When we are a calling turkeys we say "ibby". When we are calling the geese we say "Goosy".

   There is room for five cows at a times in our cowhouse with five managers and a cement floor.
   It is called the cowhouse.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eva Griffith

   Gender

   Female

   Collector

   Francis Griffith

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Clonshanny, Co. Offaly