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School: Shanakill, Roscrea

Location:
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Seán Ó Ceallaigh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 183

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Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

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give it to pigs and they fatten very quickly.
Cattle are let out on fields. Every Winter's day they are given hay and turnips or mangolds and pollard. They are fattened during the Winter and are sold the following Spring.

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Care of Our Farm Animals

The cow-house is called a diary of cows. Cows are tied by the legs if they were kicking. the people hangs a little branch of palm in the cow-house to bring luck on the cows. When driving cows people say "Ho ho"
Horses are clipped in Winter.

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Churning

“Long ago and in some places yet there was a churn used called the dash churn...”

Long ago and in some places yet there was a churn used called the dash churn. Reaves has one. It is like a barrel and about 3-1/2 ft high. There is a lid that fits down on it and a hole in the middle of it.
Before they churn they give it a thorough rinsing with boiling water. When the churn cools they throw in the cream and then puts in the dash and runs the

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Collector
Daniel Quinlan
Gender
male
Address
Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
Informant
Margaret Reaves
Gender
female
Language
English