School: N. Colmcille, Buncrana (roll number 16752)
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1110, Page 356
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- (continued from previous page)tied by one of the horns and the front leg to keep them from jumping ditches. They are tied by a fore leg and a back leg to keep them from jumping ditches also. But there is a better tip yet to keep them from jumping ditches and that is to put a board over their eyes. There is a Saint Brigids cross hung in every cow house to bring luck upon the cows or a donkeys shoe is hung up at every cow's head so that she might be lucky.
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“A horses stable is a good strong building made of stone and lime.”
tied by one of the horns and the front leg to keep them from jumping ditches. They are tied by a fore leg and a back leg to keep them from jumping ditched also. But there is a better tip yet to keep them from jumping ditches and that is ti put a board over their eyes. There is a St Brigids cross hung in every cow house to bring luck upon the cows of a donkeys show is hung up at every cows head so that she might be lucky.A horses stable is a good strong building made of stone and lime. There is a wooden partition between every horse. There is a manger at every horses's head to put their fodder and corn to feed them. There is generally a(continues on next page) - Collector
- Colm Quigley
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Quigley
- Gender
- Female
