School: An Cruachán (roll number 5243)
- Location:
- Croaghan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Maighréad Ní Chearra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1085, Page 371
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- Here are some of the farm and domestic animals, cows, horses, ponies, cats, dogs, hens, ducks, geese, turkeys and chickens. Some of the local names given to the horses are, Dinah, Bob, Bess, Billy, Dick. The names they give to the cows are Molly, Polly, Spider, Daisie, Inky. These are some of the goats names Billy, Nanna, Nancy.
This is what we call to the horses when we want them. "Come on", "Gee up", "Get away there" "Whoo" "Hee off". To the cows we call "Come on lass", "Bhay" or "How on". To the pigs we call "Hurrish". We call to the calves "Prugie, Prugie, Prugie". The way we call the cats is "Pussy, Pussy, Pussy". We whistle on the dogs and call "Poor old fellow". To the hens we call "Chuck, chuck, chuck" as to the ducks we call "wheet, wheet, wheet", also the way(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Ena Wasson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Croaghan, Co. Donegal
