School: Rathpeacon, Blackpool, Corcaigh (roll number 11761)
- Location:
- Ráth Phéacáin, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Seán Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 361
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- In our farm we have two horses, seven cows, six sheep, one sow, and some bonhams.
The names of the cows are:-Marshes cor, the maol cow, Short horn, Janey, Grey leg, the heffer and polly.
The names of the horses are Paddy and Bill.
The birds in our farm are hens, ducks, geese and turkeys. The young of these birds are called, chickens, ducklings, goslings and turkeys. When we are calling the hens we say "Tuck tuck", the ducks Fin, fin, the geese "Bad bad", the turkeys "Tee tee, the chickens "Chick chick", the ducklings "Finny finny" the goslings "Baddy baddy" and the young turkeys "Tee tee". All understand their own call and when they hear(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Browne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cill Chúile, Co. Chorcaí
- Informant
- Mrs Abina Buckley
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 72
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- An Mhóin Ard, Co. Chorcaí
