School: Málainn (roll number 13949)
- Location:
- Malin, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilís Nic Uilcín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1124, Page 284
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- The animals which we have at home are horses, cows and pigs.
"Pruggy pruggy" we say when we are calling the calves in. The cow house is called a byre.
Cows are tied to the stake by the neck. The tyings are made of chains and ropes. Sometimes there is a horse shoe hung up in the byre to bring luck.
It is said that old witches could put your cows from milking if you angered them.
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