School: Muckalee, Kilkenny (roll number 3832)
- Location:
- Muckalee, Co. Kilkenny
- Teachers: P. Ó Conchobhair T. Ó Teimhneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0866, Page 106
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- (continued from previous page)blood. The Stable is slated. It is dashed outside and plastered inside. If a person sets eggs on a Sunday they wont have luck with them. Some people put a horse shoe with the eggs when they are setting them to bring luck.
- The horse, the cow the calves the pig and the ass. The horse is used for carting ploughing harrowing and mowing. The cows give us milk from which butter and cheese are made. When I am turning home the cows I say "hie home hie home". When I am calling the calves I say suck suck suck. When I am calling the pigs I say "bock bock bock bock". When I am calling the ass I say "seo, seo, seo, seo. Cows are tied by the neck. A cow is fed on hay turnips mangolds and bran. Calves are fed on milk and porridge. Pigs are fed on potatoes milk and porridge. We have one red cow. Two roan cows Two black cows, and a white cows. We have six(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Condren
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Uskerty, Co. Kilkenny
