School: Coill an Gharráin (roll number 14865)
- Location:
- Killacorraun, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 424
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- Some people have names on their cows, We have no names on our cows at home, There is a man in our village and he has names on his cows, The names are : - Toby, Batley Maccann, The people say when driving cows "high dorsey", The people say Soirse when the cows are going wrong, Cows and calves are driven the same, The cow-house is a big house, There are stakes in the ground for tying the cows, There are things in the house on certain days, On Saint Bridgets day the people make crosses of straw and puts them up in the cowhouse in order to bring good luck on the stock, The people ties the cows in different ways, They tie them from the head to the foot, This is called a [?], They tie them from leg to leg, this(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní hAirth
- Gender
- Female
