School: Portlongfield
- Location:
- Portlongfield, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ní Chuilinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0983, Page 092
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- The Care of our Farm Animals2nd December '38The farm animals are the cows the calves the horsed the sheep the pigs the dog and the cat. Some of the names cows are called are Banies, Blackie, Crumpy, Polly and Spoty. When driving the cows home from the fields the word used when driving them is Bail -Up or Pruggy. Calves are called home by saying Suck - Suck. The cow house is called a byre. Some cows are tied to stakes by the neck with a chain. Some are put into bails.On May Eve rowan tree is put over the byre door to keep away witchery. When starting to milk the first few drops are milked on the floor for the fairies. A big farmer keeps two horses. There are stalls in the stable for each horse and also mangers that the feeding is put into. Horses are tied to the manger with a short rope which goes round their neck. Horses are shod by the black-smith. The hair clipping is done early in the Spring. When(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Molly Tully
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumamry, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mrs Tully
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 36
- Address
- Drumamry, Co. Cavan
