School: Liatra (roll number 13341)
- Location:
- Lettera, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Seán Mac Sheoin
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- (continued from previous page)block is tied to her foot with a chain. Ties for cows are seldom home-made and are usually chains or hemp ropes. Ties for sheep are always home-made nearly, and are usually made out of meal bags or straw. Palms are hung in the cow-house each Palm Sunday. A horse shoe is also hung in it by many people to bring luck on the stock.
The horse's stable is a roomy, square building with a paved floor and a manger in one corner. The manger is a high, long box fastened to the wall. It is filled with hay for the horse always. The floor is covered with straw bedding. The horse gets a feed of oats every morning. He is clipped every year before the ploughing begins, with a clippers. He is brushed every night and morning with a currycomb while he is working. Before ploughing every year he s brought to the blacksmith for a new set of shoes. He gets one every time he loses one during the year. Calls for various animals:-
Chuk! Chuk! for hens(continues on next page)- Collector
- Annie Morgan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Croaghill, Co. Galway
- Informant
- John Morgan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Croaghill, Co. Galway