School: Ballinatone, Rathdrum
- Location:
- Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
- Teachers: Miss Stuart Miss Campbell
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- The ordinary farm animals are Horses, Cows, pigs, dogs and cats. A black cow is usually called Polly.
When bringing in the cows people call "How, how." They are fastened with bales and sometimes with chains.
- Collector
- Ben O' Leary
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
- When calling the hens people say "Chuck, chuck"
When calling the turkeys people say "Bee, bee"Pigs are called by saying "Doe, doe"
People say that if the sheep or goats come down from the hills there is going to be a storm
