School: Naomh Pádraig, Carrowmena (roll number 16787)
- Location:
- Carrowmenagh, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Ó Cathain
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- (continued from previous page)What's in the middle of you that's not in the middle of me.
Ans. O
What four eltters guard a thief.
Ans. Oh I see you O.I.C.U.
Two ms, two rs, two as and a g, put that together and spell it to me.
Ans. Grammer
Londonderry, Cork and Kerry spell me that without a k.
Ans. That - We keep our cows, horses, a donkey, sheep, pigs, hens, ducks and geese. the cows have no names. When driving home the cows, if they tend to wander we say, Chay! Chay! or How! How! When driving home the calves, if they tend to stray, we say "Soogy" Soogy! or Proogy! Proogy"
The cowhouse is called a byre. The cows are tied by the neck to stakes(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peter Faulkner
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowbeg, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- James Faulkner
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Carrowbeg, Co. Donegal