School: Cooley
- Location:
- Cooly, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Beoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1116, Page 402
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- (continued from previous page)dozen ducks, three geese, twelve dozen hens, ten turkeys, When we want to stop a horse we say "Woah." When we are calling calves we say "Progey" When we are hunting a dog on cows we say "Phiss catch them." When we are calling the hens we say "chookie." for the turkeys we say "Pea" and for the ducks we say "Whetty".
A cow house is called a byre. The cows are tied to stakes. We tie the cows that have horns by the horns and ones that have no horns we tie them by the neck. Some Tywigs are made of chain and others are made of rope. If the tywigs are made of chain the cows are tied by the neck.
- First the flan is sowed. It is sowed in the month of May. It is pulled in the Autumn and is made into bundles. Then it is put into a flan dam to water. It is taken out of the dam in a week's time and spread out to dry. When it is dry it is lifted and made into bundles called "beets" Then it is put on the house. It has to be put on the house very carefully. It has to be spread on very(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John G. Barr
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glencrow, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr William Barr
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glencrow, Co. Donegal
