School: Doirín an Lomáin (roll number 14235)
- Location:
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Seán de Barra
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0293, Page 159
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- The horse, cow, pony, calf, dog, cat, pig, sheep, hound, hens, ducks are the principal animals on our farm.
The names of our cows are:- Rose, Polly, Strawberry, Daisy, Blossom, Donnovan, Breachy, Summer, Magpie, Naney, Baldly, Heather, and many others. The words said when driving cows are:- "how! how!"
The cowhouse is the name of the house where we keep our cows. It is a fairly large house with a slated roof. It is white-washed inside and outside and there are fifteen stalls in it. There are three windows and three doors in it. Kicking cows are tied by the legs with a spancel to keep them quiet while milking. Spancel is the name given to the rope used for tieing the cows. When breachy cows are in a field they are tied by the neck, horn and legs to keep them from going into crops.
The words used for calling calves are:- "Suk! Suk!" for calling ducks are :- "Feen! Feen!" for calling hens are :- "Tuk! Tuk!" for calling chickens are :- "Chick! Chick!"
The dogs' names are Shep, and Patsy, and the cat's name is Oney. The horses'(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Frances Roycroft
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork
- Informant
- J. Roycroft
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 49
- Address
- Mount Gabriel, Co. Cork
