School: Coiscéim (B.) (roll number 3886)

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1. Famine Times (continued)

   

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   pointed out. The blight came at night and after it the potatoes were no good. They decayed in the ground and were never pitted for they were useless. The seeds of the potatoes were got from France the following year and they were sown broadcast. Yellow meal was the food for all who could buy it during the famine. The Government relief never reached this part of the country. Great numbers died and there was much sickness. The people when alluding to the famine call it "Black Forty Seven."

   

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2. Care of Our Farm Animals

   

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   There are many Farm animals namely, the cow, horse, pig, calf, donkey, and the domestic animals are, cat and the dog. The names of cows are, Banie, Brechie, Cubie, They drive the cows by saying "How" "How" and they say "Suck" "Suck" when driving calves. The cowhouses are called stalls. There is a row of cows tied to each wall with a channel between the two rows. Cows are tied by stalls and some by chains. There are not any branchs hung up in the stalls. While the people are milking it is a custom to sing to keep the cows quiet. When the cow kicks the milker says "yosh". The house where the horses are kept is called a stable. Hay, straw and oats are the principal foods a horse gets. When a horse wants a show he is taken to the forge where the smith puts on the shoe. There is a certain way to call every animal

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Casey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Tim Murphy

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   69

   Address

   Kishkeam Lower, Co. Cork