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School: Headfort

Location:
Virginia, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Miss J.E. Browne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0999, Page 132

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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    When the pigs hear the call "Mucks-mucks" or "Deoc-deoc" they come running towards the direction of the sound. Chuck-chuck" is the way in which the house-wife calls her fowl and "Bee-bee" and "Weety-weety" are the faniliar calls she uses for turkeys and ducks respectively.
    Chickens flock to the house-wife when she calls "Birdie birdie" at feeding-time and the horses come runnning towards us if we call "Puh-puh". The sheep are very wild and run away at our aproach but, at the lambing season when we go out every morning with crushed
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean O Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lislea, Co. Cavan