School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Annraoi de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0802, Page 125
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- 38 Names of cows
Fanny, Pansy, Doilly, Daisy, Molly, Kitty, Snowdrop, Shiela, Patty. When driving the cow in or out you say "hou, hop on" The same is said to the calves. When calling calves you say "suck suck"
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- Collector
- Alice Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Joseph Scally
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Ballyteige Little, Co. Offaly
- We tie our cows by the neck at home. The things are made of iron chains attached on to a piece of black loured down in the ground and the chains are tied around the neck of each. The local mar name for them is(continues on next page)
