School: Drumconrath (C.) (roll number 16144)
- Location:
- Drumcondra, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Úna Ní Chongbhaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0712, Page 111
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- The following is a list of our farm animals: four cows, three suck calves, eight yearling calves, two horses and two pigs. All the cows have got names: "Daisy", "Peggie", "Judie" and "Polly". The colllie dog drives them in and out to the field. The cow-house is a galvanized structure with a manger running across at the top. It is divided into four stalls, each stall four feet wide. The cows are tied by the neck with a chain fastened to the manger.
- Collector
- Mary Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- When driving the cows in or out of a field we say, "Ho, Ho." The cows are put in a stable during the Winter nights. the stable is a big shed for cows.
I never saw a branch or emblem hung in the cowhouse at any time. - Collector
- Mary Kelledy
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
