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School: Clover Hill (roll number 13262)

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Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhaoilealaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0263, Page 333

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    Domestic Animals.
    We have a lot of animals at home. The chief ones are the cow, pig, horse, sheep, goose, turkey, duck.
    We have three cows by the name of 'Kerry cow', 'small cow' 'heifer cow'.
    We have two horses. We call one the 'big horse' and the other the pony.
    When we are driving the horses we say 'Go on' and we say 'Hearse up' to the cows. When we are calling the pigs we say 'seoc seoc'.
    When a woman is putting down a hen to hatch she put a cross on each egg with a pencil or polish.
    When we are driving the geese we say 'Gé, Gé'.
    Olive Raftery,
    Cloverhill N.S.
    Roscommon.
    Information received from:-
    Mrs. Raftery (age 62)
    Cloverhill,
    Roscommon.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Olive Raftery
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Raftery
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    62
    Address
    Lissagallan, Co. Roscommon