School: Radharc na Féile (roll number 14156)
- Location:
- Abbeyfeale West, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Tadhg Mac Coitir
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- (continued from previous page)is given to following the house wife if she was fed by the house-wife while young. Calling.When calling any domestic animal or bird each gets a nick-name. When I am calling the cows in the evening I say "pai - pai - pai: Mother says as she calls the pig "hurish, hurish, hurish". When father calls the horse he says "Phil, Phil, Phil. My sister says as she calls the hens "tuck, tuck, tuck." As I call the ducks I say "feeny, fenny, feeny." When Mother calls the geese she says "badhy, badhy, badhy. I say when I am calling the cat "pish-wish, pish-wish, pish-wish." How loudly mother is to be heard calling the dog saying "shep, shep, shep." DrivingAs I drive the cows to the field I say "how, how, how." When mother is driving the pigs(continues on next page)
