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School: Ryefield

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Ryefield, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Ida Carnew
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 398

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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

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    in the people say "suck" "suck" The place where the cows are kept in is called a byre. The cows are tied to stakes made of iron.
    When the cows are being brought in or out of a field the people say "How How".
    There is no branch or emblem hung in our byre at home to bring luck on the stock because we are not superstitious
    When people are calling hens they say tiocfaid which is an Irish word
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Evelyn Coote
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocknaveagh, Co. Cavan