School: Doire Iubhair (roll number 7194)
- Location:
- Derryoober West, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Séan Mac Diarmuda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0410
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- Cattle, sheep, horses, goats and pigs an asses are the commonest farm animals in this locality, while the commonest domestic animals are - dogs and cats. All people have different names on their Cows. Some call them after their colours such as -: The Black Cow, the red Cow, the white cow.
Others call them after the man the cow or calf is brought from or the place they came from.
When people are driving cows or calves they generally say:- "How! How!"
The house in which the cows are kept is called the cow-house or byre. Most of the houses are thatched but some are slated.
Some of the local tie their cows with chains which they put round their necks while others put their cows' heads between two poles which are called bales. The first is called chaining and the later is called baling.
The house in which the horses are kept is called the stable. The stables are not always tatched either. There is a manger in the stable which is filled with hay every night and morning. Names are seldom put on horses.
The house in which the hens are kept is called the hen-house. It is tatched with a roust which the hens climb on at night.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Fahey
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Martin Fahey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 51
- Address
- Dooros, Co. Galway
