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School: St Johnston (2)

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Saint Johnstown, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
S. Mac Giolla Bhríghde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1106, Page 213

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    The animals kept on the farms around here are horses, cows, bulls, goats, pigs, ponies, donkeys, turkeys, chickens and geese are also kept by some of the farmers.
    The cows names are usually Christian names or "Beauty, Brownie, Lass and so on. If the cattle don't go on for the cattle-driver he calls "How, how" and "hush, hush". The ploughman calls "Heef, hoaf" when he wants the horses to turn and "gee up" when he wants them to go on and "wow" when he wants them to stop.
    The cows stay in the byre and the horses stay in the stable. The horses eat straw
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nellie Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Church Town, Co. Donegal