School: Cooley

Location:
Cooly, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eoghan Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 413

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 413

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    bread. Some of it is given to calves and pigs. In hot weather butter is kept in a cool place. Cows that eat buttercups give good yellow butter. Clover is also good grazing for cows. Cotton-cake, turnips and cabbage is good feeding for cows. Supposing you were going into the byre with drinks for three cows and that there were four cows in the byre it is said that you should make no difference between the cows. You should give food to all the cows at the same time when you go into the byre with food
    Buttermilk mixed with soda is a very good cure for burns. Buttermilk boiled with sugar and salt is a good cure for a Cold.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. butter and churns (~3,280)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Catherine Logue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballylawn, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Kathleen Logue
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballylawn, Co. Donegal