School: Porturlan
- Location:
- Porturlan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Mrs Mc Tiernan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 374
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- Some Of The Domestic Animals On The FarmThere are a good many Domestic animals on the farm namely the cows, the horse, sheep, pigs, goat, next come the birds the hens, ducks, chicks and geese. The people when they are calling the animals say to the cows suck, suck to the sheep Ba, Ba. The way you call the hens is chuck, chuck They way you call the duck is weitty, the geese goosy, goosy, the turkies Bee, Bee, the chickens chick, chick. The cows in the Winter are in the Byre and in the summer they are cut in the field. The cow is the most important animal on the farm. This is the reason why she is important. From her milk we get butter and cheese.
- Collector
- Nora Mc Aweeney
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Killywillin, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Miss Susan Donohoe
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 28
- Address
- Ray, Co. Cavan
