School: Caitrín Naomhtha, Eachdhruim (roll number 14423)

Location:
Aughrim, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Ceocháin
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  1. The goat is a very useful animal to have on the farm, because he eats up the weeds that would give the blackleg to the calves, which is a very bad disease.

    The fowl that my mother keeps are hens, ducks, geese, and turkeys. When we are calling the hens to feed them, we say "Tuk! Tuk!", and when we are calling the duck we say "Wheet! Wheet"!. To the geese we say "Badhy! Badhy!", and to the turkeys we say !Bee! Bee! Bee! Bee!.
    (Bridie Forde, Craugh)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.