Fumigating the byres with juniper was a method adopted to ward off disease.
It seriously annoyed the Captain at intervals when he came upon his daughter directing operations in barnyard or byre.
Like the house the byre too had been ruined, gutted with flame.
Now the dairy was divided into two parts, the sleeping-room and the byre.
The poultry was shut up, the cattle were all in the byres, there was scarcely a sound of animal life.
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Byre-dwellings were common, with humans and cattle inhabiting the same space.
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While the findings primarily concern this particular setting of space and time, they may be relevant for other parts of the 'byre-house region' as well.
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And no, men were no longer buried in their byres, largely because it was proscribed by the authorities.
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The cumulative result was a steady siphoning of civilian cattle into the byres of individual southern military leaders and warlords.
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The other sides of the courtyard consist of outbuildings like abyre, a barn, a calf-house, coalhouse, bakery and what seem to be servants or labourers cottages.
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Every accident has related to a dairy or beef bull either in the steading itself or in abyreor shed.
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These consisted of a good slated dwelling-house,byre, stable, cart-shed, poultry-house and (with consent of parties) 2,200 yards of wire fencing, etc.
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Close adjacent to the licensed premises there is a hall and cloak-room; there are also turnip sheds, byres, farm stables, public stables, cart sheds, etc.
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It is no use asking him to live three miles from thebyre, because that means greatly increased hours of work.
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Take the case of a farmer with abyrefor keeping cattle in.
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For example, if a newbyrewere required, adequate time would have to be given to obtain a supply of materials and the necessary man-power.
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There you want much more water for cattle, and you also want much cleaner byres.
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The gentleman in question has never swept out abyrein his life; he told me so the other day.
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The work of the energy technology support unit and other groups suggests that farmers are using straw to heat their houses, byres and buildings.
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If one walks to where one sees such signs, one can discover where the dwelling house or thebyrewere without excavation.
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