School: Flower Hill (roll number 12788)
- Location:
- Cnoc na mBláth, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Isabel Mc Quade
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 345
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- (continued from previous page)"Kiddy-kiddy"
Here is a calf call:-
"Suck-suck"The cow house is a large shed with enough room for 15 cows. It is called a byre. There is a cement division between every two cows. There is a drain behind them. There is a steel water trough and a cement meal trough in front of the cows. They are chained to the divisions.
Some people say that a goat will go dry if one does not dip his finger into the milk and make a cross on its back after milking.
They also call its beard a "smig."
Some people call eggs "cuppies."
If a donkey gets too much oats he will go lame.
- For a setting of eggs there are thirteen put under a hen. Sometimes turkey eggs are numbered and dated. If they are over a month old they are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rebecca Mc Allen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carn Ulfa, Co. na Mí
