School: Coolanarney
- Location:
- Coolanarney, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: D. Mac Gairbhíth
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- We have a number of animals at home which consists of cows, horses, calves, pigs, hens, ducks and geese. When we are driving in the cows we say "pug, pug" and we "suck, suck" when we are bringing in the calves.The cowhouse is built of stone and roofed with tin. There are four mangers in the cowhouse where the cows are tied. We tie the cows with chains round the neck that are fastened to the manger. Thieving cows are tied from the horn to the(continues on next page)
