School: Iascach (roll number 13967)
- Location:
- Easky, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Tioralla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0165, Page 081
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- There are many domestic animals in every farm. Such as horses, cows, (co) pigs, hens, ducks, and calves. When driving a horse you say "gee up" when calling a horse you say "prew," they call horses names such as Bob, Paddy and Una. They call a horse's tying a halter. When driving a cow, they say "hurse-hurse" when calling a cow you say "pruggy" they have names such as Polly. They call a cow-house a byre Some people nail a horse-shoe in the byre so that the cows would be lucky for the year. When a cow is milked, the woman puts the sign of the cross on the cow's leg so that the fairies would not take away the milk. When calling a pig you say "deoch deoch." A pig's stable is called a sty. When calling the hens you say "chuch chuck" and when calling the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Betty Gillespie
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Easky, Co. Sligo
