School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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cow's tail
When the ow has calved the people bless her by putting a coal threee times under her
When you would be letting out a young heifer calf for the first time you would cut her ear for the first to let a drop of her blood out.
When you would have a cow milked you would put the sign of the Cross on her hip with the milk
Pigs are called by saying "Hurrais", Hens by "Tuck, Ducks by "Feetch", Baddy to geese a goat by megs
When putting down clutches of eggs it is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Joe Coen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Robeen, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mrs Kate Coen
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Robeen, Co. Mayo
