School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Caisleán an Chomair, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 180
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- (continued from previous page)play games there such as skittles, meg, rings, darts, ludo, and all sorts of games like that.
- You call a goat by saying "jin, jin, jin"
You call a dog by saying "here, here, here"
A calf by shaking a bucket.
A horse by saying, "peo, peo, peo".
hens by saying, "Cluck, Cluck, Cluck".
An ass, "Bess, bess".
Ducks, "Fin, Fin".
A cat, "Puss, puss". - Collector
- Fintan Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Caisleán an Chomair, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Informant
- John Conway
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Caisleán an Chomair, Co. Chill Chainnigh
