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School: Cobh Labhráis (C.) (roll number 7453)

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Rerrin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Áine, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0277, Page 227

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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

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    In olden times the people used never milk the cows until after feeding in the morning as they used to say the dew in the morning was very good for making butter. Then they used to drive them home to the yard and fether them, and then sit on their stools and start milking but it was said that the cows would give a good deal of milk if the person would sing a nice song and in fact some cows needed a special song. The calls for the different animals were "Tuc tuc" for the hens "Féén féén" for the ducks "Hi gé" for the geese "bon bon" for the bonham, "Huirsc" for the pig, "Sup Sup" for the cows, "sucy suc" for the calves. "Polly pet and "Charlie" for the horse. "shón shón for the sheep
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Margaret Sullivan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr F. Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardagh, Co. Cork