School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)

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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

   

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   Cows, calves, sheep, horses, pigs, donkeys, hens, geese, turkeys, duck, are the animals on our farm. The cows haven’t got any names.

   We say “come on” when we are driving the cows in or out of a field. We say “sucky” when we are calling the calves. The cowhouse is called a byre. We say “hoach” when calling sheep.

   The cows are tied to a stake by a chain, the chains,are not home made. There are no branches hung up for luck. The horse is fed on hay and straw. We take the horse to the forge when we want to get shoes on him. The black-smith puts a piece of iron in the fire and when it is red he takes it out with a pair of tongs and puts in on the anvil and makes it into the shape of a shoe. He makes seven holes in the shoe and nails it on to the horse’s foot. The horse’s neck and stomach are clipped in the winter time

   When we are calling the hens we say “Cluck cluck”. We say “Wheet wheet” to the ducks. We say “Pee pee” to the turkeys. In the summer time the eggs are set. There is a mark put on the hatching eggs

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ernest Crawford

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cullion, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mr B. Crawford

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   59

   Address

   Cullion, Co. Donegal