School: Darver (C.), Dundalk (roll number 10547)
- Location:
- Darver, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Mhuireagain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 012
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- The farm animals at home are, cows, horses, calves, sheep and pigs.
The cows have got pet names.
Some of the names are, Nancy, Nelly, and Peggie.
"Goon", "Chea" are the words used when driving the cows.
The cow house is a big stone house which has a window on it sometimes, and with a place for each cow in it called a stall.
It is called a byre.
The cows are not tied to stakes they are tied to the manger.
They are tied with chains.
They are tied by the neck.
The tyings are made of iron chains.
They are not made in the homes but they are made in Ireland.
The milkers uasally sing when they are milking, when the men are working with the horses, they talk and whistle for them; it is a custom to have flowers up in the walls in the stable.
With the farmers it is a custom to kill a pig for his own use; he puts it in salt for three weeks and then he hangs it up for bacon.
The people who can not keep a cow they can keep(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Nic a Mhaighistir
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Readypenny, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Maighistir
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Readypenny, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Maighistir
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Readypenny, Co. Louth
