School: Malahide (C.)
- Location:
- Malahide, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Á. Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0791, Page 171
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- There is a farmer living a short distance from where I live and he has a farm on which he rears hens, turkeys, geese and ducks. Cows, horses and pig.
The cows names are Peggy, Betty, and Nancy. Where the cows sleep is called a cow shed which is made of wood. There are two wooden boxes with chains attached to them which form a manger. It is filled with hay and mangle. The cows are chained by the neck at night. When the farmer is taking cattle out of a field he says "ho up." If the cow kicks when milking he says "perish". When he wants to call the calves he rattles a bucket and says "suck, suck, suck " or when calling pigs he says "jock, jock(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Laura Fitzgerald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Yellow Walls, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr Fitzgerald
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 56
- Address
- Yellow Walls, Co. Dublin
