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.
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- Collector
- John G. Barr
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glencrow, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr William Barr
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glencrow, Co. Donegal
