School: Ballyhaise (2)
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0973, Page 199
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- He brings the turf home from the bog. He ploughs and harrows the ground. When we are bringing him home to the stable at night we call him by his name, and he stands for us to catch him. His colour is red. We clip him every winter.
- There is place for one house in our stable. There is a manger and a ring for putting a rein in, to tie the horse with (The walls) We put the hay and oats in the manger. The walls are made of mud and stones and it is roofed with galvanize.
- We have various ways for calling the animals.
When calling the hens we say tiuc" tiuc" The hen with chickens is called by saying "Cluck(continues on next page) - Collector
- Thomas Humphreys
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cross, Co. Cavan
