School: Tomhaggard
- Location:
- Tomhaggard, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0877, Page 276
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- At home we have horses, cows, pigs, sheep and goats.
Cows are tied by passing a chain round the neck and fastening it to an upright. Two large stakes of wood or iron are fastened by a chain on top of one bail, being at each side of the cows neck. The cow house is called a byre.
A cow is driven by different exclamations, such as "whey ho chew on".
When calling chickens or hens we say "chuck - chuck".
Pigs are called by shouting "jock - jock".
My father calls the horses in saying " cop - cop".
When my mother wants the turkeys she calls "pee - pee".
- Collector
- Phyllis Codd
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grange, Co. Wexford
