School: Alt Achadh Doire (roll number 15474)
- Location:
- Altaghaderry, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig L. Mac Diarmada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1107, Page 164
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- The Care of Our Farm AnimalsThis is a list of the animals on the far which are live on : - the horse, the cow, the calves, the dog and the cat. The names of three of the cows are, Parsy, Blue-bell and Daisy. When I am driving the cows in or out of the field I say. "Hough", and when I am calling the calves I say "Sug".The cow-house is built of stone and is whte-washed inside and outside. There are ten windows in the cow-house. The cow-house is called a "byre". The cows are tied by the racks and are tied to wooden stakes. A horse-shoe is hung over the byre-door.The names of the horses are :- Tom, Nell, Bob, Prince, Daisy and Jack. The stable is built of stone and there are four windows and two doors in it. There is a loft above the stable for holding the fodder, and mash. The horses fodder is straw and hay.When I am calling on the hens I call, "Tuk and I call "Husk" for the pigs and I call "What" for the ducks. When ploughing or harrowing you say "Hof" and sometimes "He".The local people set thirteen eggs for hatching for hatching for they say thirteen is a lucky number.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lizzie Watson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Castruse, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Dave Watson
- Gender
- Male
