School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)
- Location:
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Céin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 550
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The principal animals that are in a farm are horses, pigs, cow and hens. There is a man near my home and he has a cow, her colour is red and he calls her Pembroke, because she was bought from a man named Pembroke. Whenever he is driving her home he says "How, How" and anybody who has cows says the same thing.
The cowhouse is made of mortar and stones and it is whitewashed. How the Cow is tied is there is an iron bar driven down into the ground, and there is a chain on to it and the cow is tied with the chain.
The pony or horse is secured different to the cow by some people. The horse is(continues on next page)
