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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   on these wooden sticks.
   The cows are tied by the necks to these chains. The farmer feeds the cows morning and night and he keeps them in all the night in the winter but he lets them out in the summer. The farmers takes alot of care of the cows because they are very useful and they give fine rich milk.
   It is out of this milk that the butter is made and the buttermilk is very wholesome for anyperson to drink.
   In olden times the people used to use the horns of cows as drinking vessels
   The cow is the most useful animal on the farm.

   

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2. Proverbs

   

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   A Proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one. The following proverbs are very commonly used in this district. There is many a slip between the cups and the lip. A constant drop means a stone. A rolling stone never gathers moss. The day of the wind is not the day of the scollops. Rome was not built within a day.

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
         1. proverbs (~4,377)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Harte

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo

   Informant

   Mr Martin Mitchell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Carrigeenblike, Co. Sligo