School: Naomh Aicnidh (roll number 1573)
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Ristéard Ó hAoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1112, Page 103
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- (continued from previous page)ever you go with a clecking to get and swopped a habit the people have is to give an egg or two into it for luck.
- The Farm AnimalsThe cows are kept in the byre. There is a hole in the wall to throw the manure out into the midden. Some people have a drain running from the greep to the midden: Sometimes a piece of a blessed palm is hung in the byre for a good stock. The names of the cows are the stirk, the stirk is a calve before it is two years old. The poly, the poly is a cow with no horns. The hefferis a cow over two years before she has the first calves. Before the cow calves she is called a springer or a tidy. An old cow which is half fat and out of breeding is called a stripper. The cows are tied by the neck. They are tied by a rope or chain. The horse is kept in the stable(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Mc Grory
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Muineagh, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Dan Mc Grory
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 48
- Address
- Muineagh, Co. Donegal
