School: Gortnasilla (roll number 15133)
- Location:
- Gortnasillagh East, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Thomas Mc Loughlin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0205, Page 107
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- The animals we keep at home on the farm are cows, calves, heifers, bullocks, horses, asses, sheep, and pigs. The domestic animals are dogs and cats. The cows have got names There are some names, helton, speckie, red polly and whitey. When driving the cows we say shuh shuh. At this speaking they go quickly. The cow house is called a byre. In my locality the cows are tied to a stake with a "sciar" rope. This rope is made from rushes. The rushes are first beetled and dried. They are then plaited and made a strong firm rope. A bunch of palm is hung in the cow house to bring luck on the stock.
- Collector
- Mick Harkin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Treannadullagh, Co. Leitrim
