School: Colehill (B.), Mullingar (roll number 14672)
- Location:
- Colehill, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Peadar Ó Coigligh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0750, Page 072
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- (continued from previous page)the horse jumped out from under it and went ahead. The man shouted after him "your soul to hell you are gone now when you have me killed". Immediately the horse turned and came back and stood over the man until help arrived.
- There are a number of animals more useful than others, such as, the cow, the horse, the goat,and the sheep. We have four cows at home and each has a name. The black cow, the white cow, the big yellow cow, and the small yellow cow.
There are two cowhouses at home each to hold three cows, they are called byres.
The cows are tied with chains around their necks to stakes. They are called cow-tyings.
Long ago the people used to make the part of the tying that goes round(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Mulvey
- Gender
- Male
