School: Doire na Céise (B)
- Location:
- Dernakesh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Ó Curry
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- (continued from previous page)calves they say "sucky".
When tying in the cow is tied with a chain round the neck. The chain is tied to a pole which is stuck down in the ground called a stake. A cow that kicks is tied by the hind legs in order to eep her from kicking.
We hang a bit of palm in the byre every Palm Sunday. We hang a horseshoe in the byre for luck every year.
We milk the cows in the "byre" in the winter and out in a field beside the house in the summer. We milk into bigh buckets. We tie the cow's tail to one of [their] hind legs. There are little stools about a foot high with four legs on them(continues on next page)
