School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- Prison East, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- People in this district keep both horned and hornless cows. The latter they call maol cows. Long ago they used to keep Kerry cows which were small black cows with long horns. The old people called them Kilos. They were very good for supplying milk and butter. They were strange cows, for when calving they wished to be alone and always made for a shrubbery.
Cows are generally tied to stakes in the stable by means of chains which are fastened(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick James Moran
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Cregg, Co. Mayo
