School: Cluain Taidhg (Clontead), Achadh Cóiste (roll number 14023)

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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   Winter time in order to make them lay. To call the hens we say "tuk tuk tuk". To call the ducks we say "Fínn Fínn". To call the geese we say "bad bad bad". It is the nature of ducks to be in water and often in marshy places they go wild and do not go back to the farmyard any more.

   

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2. The Care of Our Farm Animals

   

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   There are several animals in the farm such as cows, calves, sheep, horses, pigs, and goats. Every cow in the farm has a name, such as Rosy, Star, Strawberry, Bawny, Cuby, Speckle and others. When I drive the cow I say "how how". When I drive the calves I say "suck suck" and to the horse I say "hup". The cow house or stall is a large building. It is divided into two or three parts. Some cows are tied by the neck with a chain, but where there are a lot of cows they are stalled in between two stakes which are driven on a thick stick which are driven on a thick stick that is nailed on the ground, and the stakes are tied on the top with a hasp. If there is a cross cow in the farm there is a rope tied from

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Kelleher

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mr M. Kelleher

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Derreen, Co. Cork