School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)
- Location:
- An Muileann, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: B. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 053
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- (continued from previous page)them. The donkey is tied in the same way as the cows.
About five o'clock in the evening the cows are given hay, and at half past eight they are milked. At ten o'clock they are given straw, and in the morning they are given hay.
In the olden times the cows were not tied in the same way as nowadays. There were roped made of straw which were called 'sugans'. The sugans were tied to the cows' horns, and fastened to stakes, which were put in the floor.
When a cow was calving some people tied(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Breslin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Liatroim, Co. Ros Comáin
