Scoil: Gortnasilla (uimhir rolla 15133)

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1. Folklore - The Care of Our Farm Animals

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   The out-house in which the horse is put is called a stable. The horse is not tied in the same way as the cow. He is tied with a head-stall to a ring in the wall. The horse eats hay, oats, mashed potatoes and pounded whins. The shoes are made by the local smith and resemble a half circle. The horse is clipped in summer. The reason is the sweat makes the skin dirty and uncomfortable when the horse is not hair clipped. There was a race horse in County Sligo in olden times called Buck-shot. In his last race he got skinned on the back, went mad and killed the jockey. His owner threatned to shoot him but before he did so another man gave him a £5 note. He put the horse in a stable and left him there until he died after seven years. The food was let down

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   Topaicí

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Mick Harkin

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Treannadullagh, Co. Leitrim

   Faisnéiseoir

   W. White

   Gaol

   Seantuismitheoir

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   Fireann