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School: Leargán Buidhe (B.) (roll number 14288)

Location:
Larganboy East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tomás de Bhaldraithe
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    that long ago a white horse with silver wings, mane and tail used to fly over land and sea and used to come down to earth once a week to drink the water from a clear fountain. The names by which we call the animals are "tchuck tchuck" for hens, "Feetch feetch" for ducks, "Badda badda" for geese, "Bia bia" for turkeys, Furish furish" for pigs, "Suck suck" for calves, Chub chub" for sheep, "pleh and Pleh plef for a mare. When the people are putting down eggs they put a mark of blue on them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Forde
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reask, Co. Mayo