School: Castlepollard (B.) (roll number 5513)
- Location:
- Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: William Coghlan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0720, Page 172
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- (continued from previous page)pinned inside the cowhouse door to bring luck. When a person is milking a cow she milks the fore milk and then the strippings. When the cow does not give the usual supply of milk they say the good people have taken the milk. When a person cannot get the butter to come on the milk they say some body has been taking my butter. The horse is the most useful animal on the farm. He does all farm work. He ploughs, reaps, mows, harrows, draws turf and does every sort of hard work. some horses are trained to hunt others are trained as races. The horses shoes are made from iron. They are made by the blacksmith.
they are fastened to the horse's foot by nails. When frost is out they have to get sharpened and often have to get frost nails. The horse has to draw(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hugh Devaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Teevrevagh, Co. Westmeath
