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School: Baile an Churraigh

Location:
Ballincurry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 607

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    chains around their necks. The local names for the various forms of ties are - Chain tie, rope tie, letter, head-stalls. The cows should be milked at the same hour morning and night. A red ribbon is tied on the cows tail after calving for fear the fairies would bring the calf. We call the animals as follows
    Proggie = cows
    Suck, suck = calves
    Phree = Donkey
    Phish, whish = cat
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Marion Dowd
    Gender
    Female