School: Carrowbeg (roll number 10754)
- Location:
- Carrowbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Rachel Nic an Ridire
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- Farm animals
4 horses
1 poney
11 cows
10 pigs
11 calves
45 sheep
12 doz. hens
5 doz ducks
1/2 doz geese
2 turkeysDomestic animals
2 dogs
4 catsWe have got names on some of our cows. These names are Daisy, Violet, Paney, Snowdrop and Polly.
When driving the cows in or out of a field I say chay! chay!
When driving the calves in our of a field I say prougey! prougey!
We call the cow-house the byre.
The byre is a stone building with a cement path up the centre with double stands to each side. There are wooden stakes in each stand and each cow is tied by the neck. Long-ago cows were tied by the horns, neck or legs, but no one that I know does it now.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Constance A. Norris
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- John Norris
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Moville, Co. Donegal