School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown
- Location:
- Cill Mogeanna, Co. Chill Chainnigh
- Teacher: C. Ó Hurdail
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- (continued from previous page)Kathy, Gardiner, Kerry, Polly, Curley, Peggy, Nellie, The Goot, Snowy, Cunniagham, Long Legs & the Calf.
The cow-stall is the name of the house where the cows are kept, & they are tied round the neck with chains
Every farmer had a horse as well as cows. He has to keep the stable very clean & he fodders them every morning & evening. He has to keep the horse shod & clipped
- The cows are named Whitie, Roan, Stockings, Crowley & Polly.
When driving them, we say "How, how".
Our cow-house or stall is a slated one & the bails are made of timber. Cows are tied by the two hinds legs with a rope if they are kickers.
The horse has a rail & a manger in his stable, the rail to hold hay & the manger to hold oats or mangolds.
The various calls for fowl are "tuk tuk" for hens, "be be" for turkeys, "finnie finnie" for ducks & "chick chick" for chickens
A hen can cover thirteen eggs when hatching & a turkey twenty four - Collector
- Julia Dempsey
- Gender
- Female
- When calling the calves, we say "Suck Suck"(continues on next page)
