School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0534, Page 163
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- The domestic animals we have at home are cows, horses, pigs, sheep, goats, hens, geese, ducks and turkeys.
Some of the cows have names such as the Red Cow, the Big Black Cow and the little Black, Slattery's cow and the young cow. When driving the cows into the house into the house or and out into the field we say "How! How!".
The cowhouse is like a shed. The cows are tied around the neck by chains which are stuck in the wall.
On May Eve there is a branch of a May bush hung over the door of the cowhouse to bring luck on the cows. When people are finished milking the cows they cut the Sign of the Cross on the sides of the cows and say "God Bless you."
The horses have names. The names are - Tom, Moll, the Black Horse and the Grey Horse. When calling the horse we say(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Sally Darcy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rockview, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Darcy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- Rockview, Co. Tipperary
