School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)

Location:
Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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  1. The cows have got names. There names are Polly, Bawny, and Browny.
    When calling the goats gin! gin! gin! They are not kept in a house.
    When eggs are being set there is a mark put on the eggs. It is supposed to bring luck on the eggs and that all the chickens would come out.
    Collected by:-
    Elizabeth Starr
    Lisquilabeen
    Coolbawn
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Starr
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisquillibeen, Co. Tipperary
  2. The Care of Our Farm Animals

    Some of our cows have names, Biddy, Bawny and Bessie.

    Some of our cows have names. Biddy, Bawny, and Bessie.
    The cow house is called a byre. The tie is sometimes a chain fixed onto a pole and then locked around the cows neck. Sometimes bails are used for tying. Two wooden beams are put from wall to wall. One on the ground and the other about two feet above the cow's head.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Cullen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Loughourna, Co. Tipperary