School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)
- Location:
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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- (continued from previous page)the roof of the stable for luck. Our horse is not tied in the stable at all. If there are any animals in the stable with the horse then the horse has to be tied. We call our horse "poll". When we want to call him to us we say, "pshe, pshe"
cows - The cows' stable is called the "cow-house." The cows are tied with a rope or chain The "tying" is put around their necks. When people are milking a cross cow they tie her two hind-legs. They milk the cows with their two hands. The milk that a cow has after calving is called "beestings" We hve no names in our cows. We call them to use by saying, "prigeen," "prigeen" The calves are called by(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Flannelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Bridget Flannelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bofield, Co. Mayo
