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School: Cill Uachtair

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Killoughter, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ní Charraig
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  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

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    a goat is "Kiddie", a calf is "sucky". Horses usually have names.
    To call hens is "tiocai" "tiocai", for chickens "birdie", "birdie", for ducks "wheet" "wheet", for geese "goosie" "goosie", and for turkeys "pee" "pee".
    Eggs used to be hatched by the hens, but now, they are usually hatched by incubators.
    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
    Maud Humphreys
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullyhumphry, Co. Monaghan