School: Clochar na Trocaire
- Location:
- Tuam, Co. Galway
- Teacher: an tSiúr M. Oilibhéir
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- (continued from previous page)year old he can he sold and they get a good price for him. When the calf is born there is a saucepan put on him for three weeks. Long ago when a calf would be sick the people would get a coal and mark the sign of the cross on their back three times with the coal and then they would get better.
The horse is also a very useful animal because it draws the cart, car and the trap. When a horse wants shoes he has to be brought to the Black smith. Then the Black smiths get a piece of iron and he makes horse shoes. Then he reddens it in the fire. Then he pears the horses hoofs and after a while he puts on the shoes. The place where the horse sleeps is called a stable.
The ass is a useful animal also because it brings home the turf and it often brings(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Mahon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Meelick West, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Mahon
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Meelick West, Co. Galway
