School: Rath Sionnaigh
- Location:
- Rashenny, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Suibhne
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- (continued from previous page)cows, and no calfs at home. We have six ducks, and two dozen of hens, and no geese, and there is no names on the cows. We have a cow at home and her name is black. We have a donkey at home, and her name is clare, and she is not tied. When we are calling the ducks we say whit! whit!! There is a tub at the foot of the stable, and the horse eats his turnip or potatoes out of it, and we clip the hair of the horse once a year, and we sell it to a man going round the road. We never put any marks onthe eggs when we are setting them, and if you wash the ggs before you set them no birds will come out of them. We keep a jug of holy water in the byre to keep them safe from lightening, or thunder. We have three cows at home, and one cow is called the spidiog, and the other is called grey horney heffer, and the other is called banie cow. When we want to put good luck on the cows, we put a string on one cows neck, and this will put good luck on the stock. The way the cows are tied out in the fields there is a rope(continues on next page)
