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

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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals

   

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   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

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   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.”

   

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   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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