School: Swanzy Memorial N. S. (roll number 10428)
- Location:
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Eilis F. Ní Stiobháird
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1120, Page 138
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- The Care of our Farm Animals
The farm animals are - three horses, three cows and seven young cattle, three pigs, fifty hens and twenty ducks, and a donkey. The cows have no names.
The cowhouse is called a byre. It holds two rows of cattle, one row with there heads east-ward, and the other with their heads westward. The cows are not tied by the horns or legs but they are tied by the neck.
The tyings are made of a rope or sometimes they are made of chains. The cows are tied to stakes The chain tyings are bought but the rope tyings are made.
A branch of emblem is not hung in the byre to bring luck.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josiah Morrison
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greencastle, Co. Donegal
