School: Mong, Thomastown (roll number 5201)
- Location:
- Moing Mhic Óda, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: Bean Uí Dhuibhir
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 056
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- On our farm we rear cows, cattle, calves, horses, sheep, pigs, hens, ducks, turkeys, geese dogs, and cats.
Each cow has a certain name. These names are as follow Stag, white tail, long teat, Tough looser, mousey, kicker, cut hourn, Cocked horn bo breac, white back, Meaneys cow, and Kilkenny cow.
Each cow got her name for some particular reason as white tail long teat, kicker, cut horn, cocked horn, bo breac, white back, got their names for their features. Stag got her name from ___ like a stag. Tough is a cow which is hard to milk. Looser is a cow that looses her milk. Mousey is the colour of a mouse. Mary Ryan's cow is a cow Mary Ryan used to milk. Meaneys cow was bought from Mr Meaney in Kilkenny. The Kilkenny cow was bought there also.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- M. Nolan
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 36
- Address
- Cloch Screige, Co. Chill Chainnigh
