School: Clonard (roll number 16067)

Location:
Clonard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Fithcheallaigh
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  1. Care of Our Farm Animals
    The principal farm animals in this locality are horses, cows, donkeys, sheep and pigs. The domestic animals are the cat and the dog. The fowl are turkeys, geese, hens and ducks. The cows in this locality have names, such as Kitty, Nancy and so on. The people say How, How to the cows when they are driving them. They say Suck, Suck to the calves when they are calling them. The cowhouse is the house where the cows are kept. The cows are tied by the neck with an iron chain chained on to a stake driven into the ground. There is palm hung in the stable to bring luck to the stock. There are no stories connected with milking. They say Heup to the horses for to go on. They call the hens by saying Tuk, tuk. They call the ducks by saying Hish hish. They call the turkeys by saying Yib, yib. They put a mark with a purple pencil on hatching eggs when they are setting them.
    Sean Nevin
    Towlaght
    Hill of Down.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sean Nevin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Towlaght, Co. Meath