School: Churchtown, Athy (roll number 7790)
- Location:
- Churchtown South, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. Ó Dubhlaoich
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- (continued from previous page)List of animals.
20 store cattle
10 calves
8 cows
7 horses
30 sheep
16 pigs
30 hens
40 chickens
25 turkeys
When driving the cows in or out of a field we say: "Bail-up". The cowhouse is white-washed and has a cement floor. The cowhouse is called a byre. The cows are tied by the neck with a chain. the local names for tyings are called bails or stalls.
Every year on Palm Sunday we hang up a branch of palm in the cowhouse. When milking cows the milker should bless himself before milking and bless the cow after milking. A person should say "God bless the work" when entering a cowhouse where there is milking going on.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eileen Heydon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brownstown, Co. Kildare