School: Sráid na Cille, Cathair Dhún Iascaigh (roll number 15184)
- Location:
- Caher, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Déoirín Ní Ragháil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0570, Page 105
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- There are cows, calves, pigs, hens and one horse on a farm I know.
The cows are tied by the necks when they are in their stalls. One of them is called "Clinkers." In the summer they are allowed to eat the grass in the fields but in the winter they get hay as well. When they are being driven in or out the driver shouts "how, how"
Calves are given milk when very young and a muzzle is put on their mouth to prevent them from eating their bedding. When they get bigger they are given turnips boiled with meal.
Pigs are fed all the scraps of food boiled with meal. Their bedding is made(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joyce Alton
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrigeen, Co. Tipperary
