School: Killough (roll number 9540)
- Location:
- Killulagh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mary Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 276
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- There are many farm and domestic animals at home. The cows have names. These names are ; Bawny, Polly and Proogy. When we are driving the cows and calves out of the field we say ; How ! How! The cows are tied to stakes. They are never tied by the horn or legs. The call for hens is ; tuk ! tuk ! The call for turkeys are ; Yeb ! Yeb ! The call for ducks are ; Weety ! Weety ! When we drive a horse we say ; Glic ! Glic ! When driving sheep we say ; Yer ! Yer ! When setting a hen or any of fowl to hatch there is a horse-shoe put under the nest and another in the fire. It is said that it keeps the lightning and thunder from killing the birds.
- Collector
- Mary Anne Callan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Williamstown (Briscoe), Co. Westmeath
