School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 197
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- (continued from previous page)Polly, Dexter, Kerry, Aberdeen cow.
- The farm animals are the horse, the cow, the ass, the goat, and the pig. The cows have names and got them from former owners and in other ways. Names:- Star, as she has a star in her forehaed. Murphy's red and grey cow because they were bought from Murphy's. The Cork cow so called because she came from Cork. The little heifer as she is small. Tuffy so called because she is hard to milk. Strawberry - because she is that colour. Rock-Andy so called because the man from whom she was bought sung a song with this title. Herdford because she is a herdford. There is a cement floor in the cowhouse. The cows are tied around the horns with a rope which is attached to a pole. Cows are sometimes tied with bales. Blessed palm is put in the house to bring luck to the stock. Some cows when in the habit of being milked by a certain person would not give a drop(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Cotterell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr William Cotterell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
