School: Kilrush (roll number 14039)
- Location:
- Baile na Bearna, Co. Loch Garman
- Teacher: C. E. Kidd
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The horses are tied round their necks by means of halters.
When I am calling fowl I say I say "Chuck, Chuck," and when I am calling turkeys I say "Pee, Pec, Pec, Pee."
The yellow stirabout boiled for turkeys is known round here as "Pap"
When I am setting eggs I write the date and the month on each egg.
When I give a clutch of eggs to a friend, my friend gives me a coin, otherwise my friend will take my luck with the eggs.
- Sonny Pierce
BallyroebuckEvery farmer keeps cattle, horses, pigs
cows, sheep. Each of our cows has a name, for example Moll and Pollie.
Our cow house is about twenty feet long and about ten feet wide. It is really half of the barn but is divided by a crib in which the cows are foddered and by feeding(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sonny Pierce
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Robac, Co. Loch Garman
