School: Tang (roll number 8037)
- Location:
- Tang, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Caisil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 610
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- The domestic and farm animals we have at home are one cow one calf; fifteen hens,one cat. When driving the cow we say “how up” “Go on” the same is said to calves. The cows house is about ten yards long and eight broad. About a yard from one of the walls there is a manger where the cow is tied and eats her fodder.
The cow is tied with a chain which is attached to the manger. She is tied by the neck. The cows fodder is hay and in the mornings in Winter she gets a couple of sliced turnips and oil cake or cotton cake.
When we get the palm on palm Sunday we put it over the door to keep the cow safe. When people are milking they generally sing or whistle which helps the cow to give the milk more freely.
Horses stables are generally smaller than cow houses,and there is nearly always a partition put between the horses to prevent them from kicking each other. The manger in a horses stable is much higher than(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Informant
- Mr M. Conlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Rathmore, Co. Longford
