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School: Baile an Mhuilinn, An Droichead Nua (roll number 16654)

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Milltown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
S.P. Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0775, Page 476

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  1. Festival Customs (continued)

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    from house to house as “Pookas”. They are dressed up in old clothes and visors and go round dancing and singing. They get nuts and apples and other things.
    It is a customs on Shrove Tuesday to make a great quantity of pancakes and eat them for supper. The children call it “Pancake Night”.
    I got this information from my (Age 51 yrs) father William Tiernan.
    Signed: Eamon Tiernan
    Miltown,
    Newbridge,
    Co. Kildare.
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  2. Folklore - Care of Our Farm Animals

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    Care of our Farm Animals.
    We have at home;-
    (1) Two Cows.
    (2) One Pig.
    (3) One Donkey.
    (4) Three Calves.
    (5) Hens.
    (6) Chickens.
    (7) [Hens]. Turkeys
    (8) Ducks.
    One cow is called "Sally" and the other is called "Pruggy"
    When driving the cows in or out [of] we say "Ho-Hup". When [do] we are calling the calves in, out of the field we say "Suckie, Suck, Suck".
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Slattery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Garret Slattery
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    22
    Address
    Milltown, Co. Kildare