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School: Ramonan

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Ramonan, Co. Cavan
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    house, and kept in a box, and given a name, and they run around after us on the floor, one or two are given to a neighbour. The same is done with sheep and goats.
    When you are calling cows you say "Chech, Chech " - for fowl you say "Chuck Chuck," for calves you say "Suck Suck." Some people set eggs on Fridays, they do this to bring luck to the eggs.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neville Hawthorne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Claddagh, Co. Cavan