School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 06_007
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- The animals which are kept on the farm next to my home are, milking cows, calves, pigs, horses and sheep.
When the people are driving cows around this district, they use "hi", or "how".
There is a big long cow-shed on the farm next to home. There are three big doors on that shed, and the shed is covered with galvenise, and painted red. That shed is also white-washed in-side, to keep away infectious diseases from the cows. It is owned by Mr Hutchinson.
The way cows are tied nowadays is chains are tied(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire de Paor
- Other names
- Máire de Paor
- Mary Power
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Marnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Dunnamaggan, Co. Kilkenny
