School: Cillín (Portomna)
- Location:
- Killeen South, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seosamh Ó Dúnadhaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0154
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- Farm animals:- horse, foal, cow, calf, pig, sheep, lamb, donkey.
Domestic animals:- cat, go and pup.
The local words people use when driving cows in or out is "How', 'How"
the local words for driving calves is "Suck on", "Suck on". Cows are tied to stakes by chains, or ropes. Most cows are tied by the neck.
Wicked cows are usually tied with a rope from the horns to the legs.
A Sacred Heart badge is always hung in the cow house. On Palm Sunday people usually put a piece of palm in the cow-house to bring luck on the stock. After milking a cow people always make the sign of the cross on her hip with milk so that nothing would happen to her during the day or night.
People usually sing a song when they are milking, for it is said that the cow would give 1/5 more milk.
A horse is seldom tied at night.
A horse gets hay every morning and evening. He also gets oats before he goes to work in the morning.
The horse generally gets clipped once a year.
cows the called :- "twee" "twee"
Horses the called:-"pro" "pro"
Pigs:- "jock" "jock"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Clare Mc Donagh
- Gender
- Female
