School: Eslin (roll number 10026)
- Location:
- Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 382
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- The farm animals at home are the cow, horse, ass, goat, pig and the gennet. Some cows have names such as a black and white cow is called a magpie, brown cows are called jerseys and a cow with horns is called a Polly. Some people say "How-How" when they are driving cows.In this parish the cowhouse is called a byre. Some farmers that have only two or three cows have small byres and those that have ten or eleven cows have big byres. Cows are tied around the neck with a chain. The tyings are made of iron and are bought in the shops.There is a branch taken out of the bonfire and put in the cow house or byre for to bring back(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Marion E. Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumlara, Co. Leitrim
