School: Mount Talbot (roll number 14056)
- Location:
- Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ó Héimhthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 224
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- (continued from previous page)The only custom I know of about milking is that as soon as the milker has finished he dips his finger into the can and he takes some foam on the tip of it. Then he makes the Sign of the Cross on her back or on her udder with this.
We keep our horse in a fairly big stable. We feed her in the manger. She is tied with a rope around her neck. She gets oats when we work her but other times she gets hay. She used used four sets of new shoes in the year but these are "removed" every month if the weather is wet and every two month if it is dry. On the approach of winter she is clipped by the workman
When we call our horse we say: "Prtcheo! Prtcheo!"
For the of sheep:- "Shou" Shou""
For the pigs:- "Ococ! Ococ"
For the Calves:-" Suck! Suck!
For the goat:- "Meg! Meg!"
For the hens:- "Tioc Tioc!"
For the turkeys:- Biad! Biad!"
For the geese:- "Beadaig! Beadaig!"
For the ducks:- "Kaur! Kaur!"(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Éimhthigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- M. Heavey
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Mount Talbot, Co. Roscommon
