School: Naomh Seosamh (Buachaillí)
- Location:
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: S. Ó Deagha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 422
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- The names of the animals we have are as follows:
cattle, sheep, a horse, and a donkey.
We have two cows and their names are "Black Polly" and the "White Head."
We call the cowhouse the cowhouse.
The littler we use for under the cows is straw.
We tie the cows and calves with chains, we but in the shops.
We have nothing ties in the cowhouse to bring luck.
We have to put a fetter on one of the cows when milking her.
The old saying about a cow is "That she may be lucky." for the owner when she would not have calves.
If you left your cow too long without milking her she would lose it.
When a horse is you he has to be trained and shod.
People clip their horses in Winter so(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Shawn Treacy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Thomas Dillon
- Gender
- Male
