School: Rahugh (roll number 12905)
- Location:
- Rahugh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Maonghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0732, Page 230
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- (continued from previous page)make the sign of the Cross on the cow with milk when she is milked.
- When we are calling the horse we say, "Pew," and when we are telling him stand we say, "We Paddy" When we are driving him we say, "Hop-off Paddy." We fodder the horse both morning and evening. We give him hay and oats in the morning and we give him hay, raw-mangols, and a drink of water in the evening. We cut the horse's hair with a horse-clipped. When we cut off all the hair we call it a, "clean clip." When we cut only as far as the breast we call it, "trace-high."
When we are calling the donkey we say, "Come on and when we are driving we say, "blick, blick."
When we are calling the pig we say, "Husha, Husha." When we are calling the calf we say, "Suck, Suck."
When we are calling the ducks(continues on next page) - Collector
- Ann Josephine Geoghegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- James Geoghegan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Pallas, Co. Westmeath
