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School: Hackettstown (2)

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Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
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Anna Seabrooke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 467

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    home. We have up to forty hens and thirty chickens. We have four ducks at home. The hens lay and the ducks lay as well, but some times they do not lay. We sell the chickens on the market day. We have pigs and goats. We feed them until they are fit to sell. We have sixteen at home at present and three goats. The people say in this locality that it is not lucky to give away a goat when you rear it. The goat's milk that you get from them is better than the cow's milk.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Hannan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Croneskagh Upper, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Mr M. Hannan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Croneskagh Upper, Co. Carlow