School: Latnamard (roll number 16769)
- Location:
- Latnamard, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mary Duffy
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- Long ago the people in some places kept diaries. Some people long ago had no byres because they kept their cows in the house tied to the jamb wall. The people that had byres tied them to stakes with chains.
The roofs on the byres were an oval shape. Some byres were white - washed and the people say that the byres in olden times were better than the dwelling house espesially the floor. the byres were made into henhouses along with a place for two cows. The people called the cows. te, te, te, but some people called them Molly and Dolly and sometimes names of flowers
Some of the people sing when milking
The song they sing,
"Where are you going my pretty maid,"
"I am going a milking sir she said,"
"May I go with you my pretty maid,"
"Yes if you like kind sir" she said,
"What is your father my pretty maid,"
"My father is a farmer." sir" she said,
"Then I cannot go with you my pretty maid"
"Who asked you sir" she said(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rose Cassidy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Genagh, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mr Pat Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumgarly, Co. Monaghan
