School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)

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   the field you would say "hi home" hi home". When you are driving the calves you say "suck suck suck", and calling the hens "chuck, chuck, chuck, and calling the pigs "bock, bock, bock. The cowhouse is roofed with galvanized. The walls are built of stones and whitewashed inside. The cows are tied to stakes with chains by the neck. The cowhouse is called the byre.

   

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2. Care of Farm Animals

   

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   The names of our farm animals at home are the cows, the calves, the pigs, the horse, the donkey, the sheep and the bulls. The names of our cows at home are The Red cow, the Blue cow, the Grey cow, Kehoes cow, the Road Heifer, the Speckled heifer, When we are driving home the cows out of the field we say "hy home, hy home, hy home". when we are calling the calves home we say "suck, suck, suck. When we are calling the pigs we say "bock, bock, bock. The cows are tied in bails. Sometimes they are tied by chains on their necks. Some

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie Meaney

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Knockmajor, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Mrs J. Meaney

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   48

   Address

   Knockmajor, Co. Kilkenny