School: Baile an Londraigh (C.) (roll number 14306)

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1. Farm Animals in the District

   

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   cows horses sheep goats pigs - calves bonhams chickens turkeys geese ducks. The cows usually have names to distinguish them from others e.g. Speckledy - old Fenton etc. when calling to them to move on - "how-how" is used. It is considered lucky to keep a goat with a bawn of cows. The cows when about to be milked are all brought into one field called the bawn & there they stand quietly until all are milked. It is supposed to be unlucky to milk a cow onto the ground. If her milk has to be thrown away after calving or if it is unfit for use in any way it is milked into a vessel and then thrown away. "Bee-bee" is used to call turkeys to their food- "tuk tuk" to the hens and gé gé to the geese. If a woman gives a clutch of eggs to another the receiver must give the giver some offering (that is if she is getting the eggs as a gift or free). Sometimes a penny or two coppers are given - otherwise the fiver of the eggs would have no luck with the hatching that year. Eggs buried in another person's land seemed to be a charm set to deprive the owner of the land from having young fowl from their eggs that year. Egg money- that is money got when eggs are sold- is supposed to be very lucky.

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   Topics

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

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