School: Cavangarden (roll number 16511)
- Location:
- Cavangarden, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Rebecca C. R. Mitchell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 49
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- There are no names given to cows in my district. They are Che Che when wanted at milking time.The cow house is called a byre. They are tied by stakes. There is a headrail above their heads and the stakes are nailed to it. There is a runner and chain. The runner is a ring and it’s put round the stake. The chain is put round their necks and a few links dropped, and then they are tied. All the tying I know is a runner and chain. It is bought in the hardware shop.The cows are milked twice a day. The woman holds a can between her knees or on the ground and squeezes the teats. The hands are washed when each cow is milked. They have a baby calf about every year and they have no milk for about three months before the calves are born.They eat hay, Indian meal, turnips, cabbage and marigolds.
- Collector
- May Carberry
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tullyhorky, Co. Donegal
