School: Kingscourt (B.)

Location:
Kingscourt, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ml. Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1008, Page 031

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    dry land and not (have) many bogs. In the winter sheep are fed with hay if they (would) eat it, or sometimes oats. When a sheep yeans her lamb or lambs have to be tarred to keep the fox away.
    A goat is kept in the same way as the sheep, but sometimes they help themselves by going into a garden and eating what they get there, usually cabbage.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
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