School: Moyvore
- Location:
- Moyvore, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mrs Kelly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 462
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- XML “The Care of Our Farm Animals”
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- The names of the farm and domestic animals at home are cows, cattle, horses, goats, pigs, dogs, and cats.
All our cows have names. Their names are, Daisy, Kerry, Lilac, Polly, and Binny.
When we are driving the cows in or out of the field we say "how how". When we are driving the calves in or out we say "how how" also.
When calling the cows we say prick, prick.
When calling the calves they come for suck, suck.
When calling the goats they come for gabhar or Jenny, Jenny.
When calling the pigs they come for hurrash.
When calling the hens they come for chuck.
When calling the chickens they come for chick, chick.
When calling the ducks they come for chríosah, chríosah.
When calling the turkeys they come for gibey, gibey.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary J. Murtagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Piercetown, Co. Westmeath
