School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Doire Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
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  1. Thes are the animals in my district to be seen around farm houses.
    The cow, the horse the calf and the donkey, the sheep and the lamb.
    The domestic animals are the cat and the dog.
    Some cows have names and more of them have not. The names of my cow is the Black Cow. When people are driving the cow in or out to the field that say "tharth isteach" or "dun anois". The cow-house is tatched. There are two parts in our cow-house. The stakes we have for tying the cows are going from the rafter to the ground. Our cows are tied around the neck. The people tie calfs by the leg
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tomás Ó Tónra
    Gender
    Male