School: An Grianán (Mount Temple) B.
- Location:
- Mount Temple, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Riain
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0746, Page 074
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- Our farm animals are, the horse, the cows, the pig, and the calfs. [W.?] The domestic animal we have at home is the cat. When I am driving the cows out of the field in the evening, I say, "How, How."Our cow house is built of stone. It is roofed with thin. There is one open window in it. There is a manger inside. Then there is two poles stuck into the ground, and the cows are tied by a chain, and a hook. The name for the cow house is byre.When I am calling the horse I say "pyuh, pyuh." When calling the pig I say, "hurish" hurish, and when I am calling the calf I say, "suck, suck."O' St. Brigids day, the first day of February, people make crosses, and they are called St. Brigids crosses. They put them over the door of the cow house to bring(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Thomas Ganley
- Gender
- Male
