School: Ballycastle Boys' (roll number 14290)
- Location:
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Mícheál de Búrca
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- (continued from previous page)"biadh" "biadh" or "chuck" "chuck" "chuck" is a standing word for food.
- The horse, the cow, the donkey, the sheep, the pig, the goat, the dog and the cat are our farm animals.The Cow
Each of our two cows have names. Polly, and Horny, are their names. I say "doxis" to them, when driving them in and out to the field, and I say "suck", "suck" to the calves when I want them to follow me.
The cow house is a very wide stable with a channel in the centre. The cows are tied one side of the channel, and the calves(continues on next page)- Collector
- Brendan Mc Andrew
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- John Mc Andrew
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Ballycastle, Co. Mayo