School: Ceathrú Stialláin (Carrowsteelawn) (roll number 12555)

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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   are home-made, but the chains are bought in shops. Whe na person is tying a cow, he makes sure that he will tie it in a proper way so that the cow will not get choked. A straw rope is the best kind of a rope that a person could tie a cow with. When a person is after milking a cow, he always puts a cross on her back with the milk. When a person is calling the hens, he days, "Chuck! Chuck!" and when a person is calling the turkeys he says, "Bee! Bee!" and when he is calling the ducks he says, "Twit! Twit!". When a person is setting eggs for hatching, he puts twelve or thirteen eggs under each hen. There is no mark of any kind put on the hatching eggs.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rita Mackin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Caltragh, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   Mrs Mackin

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   58

   Address

   Caltragh, Co. Mayo