School: Belturbet (B)
- Location:
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Mc Govern
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0972, Page 320
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- (continued from previous page)his leg so that he cannot throw up his head. A kid is put with four or five calfs and it is that they thrive better.
- There are many calls for animals and the calls for a pig is "Hurrish Hurrish". You call a goat by "Kiddy Kiddy" and you call a hen by "Tioc Tioc" You call a duck by "Wheat Wheat" and you call a turkey by "Peep Peep." You say "gosey" to run a goose away from your house. The farmer says "Baa Bass" to call a sheep.
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- Informant
- Mr Hugh Small
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Belturbet, Co. Cavan
