School: Gusserane
- Location:
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Bríghid, Bean Nic Fheorais
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- The horses, cows, cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs, cats, ferrets, are the farm and domestic animals at home. The cows names are Rosemount, Whitney, Whelan, Carroll, Franco, Kelly, Sutton, Black, and Buzzer. When driving the cows home from a field I say "Chew up, Chew up" and when calling the calves I say "Suck, Suck". The cowhouse is a long slated building with a slanting concrete floor and a passage before the cow's heads to enable us to feed them without being injured. It also has three doors and twelve separate stalls. It is called a byre. The cows are tied around the neck with a chain tie. In case of a roguing cow, she has to be tied from the horn to the fore leg. Some people tie them with jute ropes. St. Benedict's medal is hung in our cowhouse so as to bring luck in the stock.
The horses names are, The Hunter, Bigbelly, Nellie Lyndy, Tom the Tug, Mollie Bawn, Flashie, Castlewrath, Agadir, Brighter London, Kyle'os Son Comet, and Pollie. When calling the horses we say "Come, Come". The stable is a slated(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Margaret Larkin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- Mr James Larkin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Gusserane, Co. Wexford
