School: Kilmore (roll number 13010)
- Location:
- Kilmore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Eilís, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0204, Page 300
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- How to call the cows :- "suckee, suckee" or "Prugee, Prugee".
To quieten the cows at milking time :- "Dersh, Dersh".
How to call a goat :- "kiddie, kiddie".
To call a pig :- "Hurrish, hurrish".
To call a horse "wooo, wooo"
To call the hens :- "birdie, birdie" or "Tioch, Tioch, Tioch".
To call the duck :- "Whetee, Whetee".
To call the turkeys :- Biadh, Biadh" Yib Yib Yib.
To call the cat :- "Pusswisswiss".
To call the dog :- "less, less".
To call the calves :- "Suck, Suck".
To call the ass :- "Prrrrrrrrrrr" "Pru-ee, Pru-ee".
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“The old people that cows, horses and asses go down...”
The old people that cows, horses and asses go down on their knees every Christmas night for half an hour because that was the time Our Lord was born. - Collector
- Tessie Mc Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mary Corristine
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killadiskert, Co. Leitrim
