1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Ceann Tuirc

School: Ceann Tuirc (roll number 9317)

Location:
Kinturk, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Peadar Ó Lochlainn
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 085

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0609, Page 085

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Ceann Tuirc
  2. XML Page 085
  3. XML “Animals of the Farm”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Animals of the Farm (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    085
    So she went away and shortly after the cow died because she had killed her.
    We call the fowl by different names here and the all know their own names.When we are calling the hens we say "Tuic Tuic",the ducks "leek leek", he geese "bady" "bady"the turkeys "be be" and the pig "hursh hursh".
    The horse is very useful to the farmer.She does all the work for him.The Farmer feeds the horse well with oats in the morning and boiled potatoes in the evening.After a good feed the horse is well pleased to do everything.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Reidy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenletternafinny, Co. Clare
    Informant
    Mr James Reidy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    63
    Address
    Glenletternafinny, Co. Clare