School: Darver (C.), Dundalk (roll number 10547)
- Location:
- Darver, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Mhuireagain
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- (continued from previous page)best and if a person talks rough they will not work well.
A quiet horse will whinny when he hears his master coming and when he is hungry.
i heard a story of a lady who lived at Richhill County Armagh who had her favourite horse buried a long side of her.
There are no customs connected with the stable that I know of , but I suppose like everything else there must be some.
I did not hear any about the fodder either.
A horse must at least get three sets of shoes during the year.
Twice a year a horse gets its hair clipped and it makes stuffing for saddles, and collars.
I do not know any other traditional stories about famous horses in olden times.
There are no stories that I heard about pigs, or customs, but it is a custom to put the sign of the cross on the goats back and say "God bless you kiddie" when finished milking her.
The calls for the various kinds of animals are when calling the pigs we say "gush gush gush" when calling the goat we say "kiddie, kiddie, kiddie".
There are no stories about hens or ducks.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Bhearáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cuillenstown, Co. Louth
