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School: Cnoc an Éin, Cuinche

Location:
Knockanean, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Bhraonáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0595, Page 009

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    The princial animals we have at home are, cows, horses, goats, sheep and pigs. We have four cows their names are Polly, Daisy, Black Puss and Dirty-face. When we are driving them we say "Haba" , "Haba", "Haba". We have six calves their names are Butt, Snowball, White-Stockings, Red-Polly, and Black -face. The house in which the cows sleep is called the "cowhouse". We put straw as litter under our cows. They are tied with a chain round their necks . We do not make the chains ourselves. We have nothing hung in the cowhouse for luck. The cows have a lot of milk after calving and they have to be milked three
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockhogan, Co. Clare