School: Beacán (C.)
- Location:
- Bekan, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Dhonnchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0109, Page 299
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- (continued from previous page)and the cows are tied with chains.
The cows are milked twice a day every morning and every evening, and they are given hay and straw to eat.
It is said that when the people have the cows milked, they make the sign of the cross on the cow for luck, and when they are driving the cows they say "how how."
Pigs are kept in a pig sty and when they are calling them they say "furrish furrish," and horses are kept in a stable and they have different names also such(continues on next page)
