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School: Baile Aodha (B.), Inis (roll number 13418)

Location:
Ballyea, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0607, Page 085

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    We have eleven cows at home. Every farmer has a name for nearly every one of his cows. The names we have for them are as follows:- the grey cow, the speckled cow, the red cow, the white cow and so on. We gave them those names in order to distinguish one from the other. We tie them with chains that are not made in the district. The people used to tie them long ago with spancils which were made in the district of horse hair. Straw, rushes or the buts of trambs we have for bedding under them. There were old witches there long-ago that used to take the butter from the cows.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Johnny Slattery
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Patrick Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Lismulbreeda, Co. Clare