School: Raheenagh (B.), Ráthluirc (roll number 10814)
- Location:
- Ráithíneach, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Gríobhtha
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- (continued from previous page)and iron. In the inside there are three cross walls built with concrete. The cows are tied with chains and between every two cows there is a small concrete wall about three feet high. There are no stories connected with milking.
We have two horses on the farm and they are fed with oats and hay. When the goat comes into the barn it is a sign of rain. The calls for various kinds of animals are tuck: tuck: for hens beadaí: beadaí: for geese biad: biad: for turkeys and feed: feed: for ducks.
The setting of eggs for hatching takes place in the poultry stations. A mark is put on the different kinds of hatching eggs which may be Leghorns, Rhodilins or Wyndotts.
- Collector
- Patrick Roche
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Mhóin Rua Mhór, Co. Luimnigh
