School: Baile an Stancaird (roll number 14063)
- Location:
- Ballynastangford Lower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás S. Stundún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0100, Page 029
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- The horse cow pig goat sheep dog cat goose duck hen and turkey, are the names of the domestic animals at home. Some of our cows have names. They are named according to colur thus a black cow is always referred to as "The Black Cow" I often drive the cows to and from the field. If in a hurry I shout "How"! "How"! This has the effect of making the cows walk quickly. When driving pigs a of "muc " "muc" "muc" urges them on while "gé" "gé" and "cearc" "cearc" sends the wandering goose and hen back to their less unruly comrades.
The house in which cows are housed and fed at night is called the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlin Ní Sholáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cartron, Co. Mayo
