School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 129
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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. - Names of farm animals are cows, horses, sheep, pigs, hens, turkeys, geese and ducks. A black cow is called a keey cow. Most of the cows are tied with a chain to a stick stuck in the ground. When a cow is wild the person ties a rope on her leg and horn. When a person is calling the hens he says "quack quack". When calling the turkeys he says"yib yib". When you hear a hen cacking, it is a sign that she is after laying on egg. When a person is putting down eggs to be hatched he puts a mark on the different sorts of eggs
- We have not got a churn. the woman of the house churns. Many strangers come in while churning is going on, they(continues on next page)
