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School: Ballyhahill (C.) (roll number 10686)

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Ballyhahill, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
H. Fitzgerald
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0482, Page 240

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  1. Festival Customs (continued)

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    on the back the first Sunday after Shrove Tuesday.
    3. On Easter Sunday morning at breakfast there was a great race, as to whom would eat the most eggs. 4. Nothing was supposed to be cut or picked May Eve, not even flowers. Bonfires blazed on every hill around on St. John's night - 24th June. Snapping suspended apples with the teeth or from a tub of water is held on Halloe'en.
    7. On Christmas Even three tall candles lighted signify the Blessed Trinity, as well as the Holy Family. Three more tall lighted candles on Little Christmas Eve 5th January signify the Three Wise Men.
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  2. Care of Our Farm Animals

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    Care of our Farm animals
    Animals used on teh farm are:- the cow, horse, ass, sheep, pig, hen. duck, goose, and turkey. Milch cows generally are given names to distinguish them from each other. Snow-ball, Polly, Short-horns, The Kicker, are some of the names. "How"! "How"! is said to the cows when driving them in to be milked. "Sook"! "Sook"! is said when calling the calves. "Hoorish"! "Hoorish"! to call the pigs. "Bee" "Bee" to call the turkeys. "Feed"! "Feed"! to call the ducks. "Tuk"! "Tuk"! to call the hens "Baa"! "Baa"! to call the sheep.
    Calls are stalled in by the hand in a wooden frame, during the winter, and for milking purposes. Cows are spancilled by the two hind legs whilst being milked.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annetta Dalton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonlahard East, Co. Limerick
    Collector
    Teresa Danaher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Dan Danaher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Knocknabooly West, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mrs James Dalton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    81
    Address
    Cloonlahard East, Co. Limerick