School: Doire Gealbhan (C.), Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9788)
- Location:
- Derrygalun, Co. Cork
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0355, Page 417
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- The chief farm animals are, cows, horses, sheep, goats, calves, and pigs. Cows are the most numerous animals on the farm. The names of our cows are; Polly, Bawnie, Red Spot, Baby, Mark, Blueford, one horn cow, Cullie, Reek, Cahill, Roisin, Angus, Grey Spot, Daisy, Purty, Kilcorney, Tireen, and Castleisland. When a person is hunting cows out of a field they say "how how" and when they are calling calves they say "suck suck". It is said if a person is singing milking they give there milk much quicker. If a cow kicks when a person is milking her they say "eois". Most people have stalls for their cows. The names of the(continues on next page)
