School: Lowtown (C.), Galbally
- Location:
- Lowe's Town, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0512, Page 538
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- (continued from previous page)People say "How, How" when driving them. It is said if a male goat is allowed among cows they will be lucky, and unlucky if a female feeds on the farm with them.
The old people kept an old bit of well smoked bacon stuck in the thatch. It was used as a cure for sore teats. It was called "Círín".
Horses are put into houses (stables) at night about Nov. 1st. They are fed on oats, mash consisting of bran and oats, sometimes carrots and mangolds. These feeds are given twice or three times during the day. Hay is given in the intervals - grass during the day - they are out in the fields unless driving or working or bunking.
They are clipped two or three times during the year - first clip about Nov. 1st.
Call for hens:- Tuk! tuk! tuk!
Call for turkeys:- Biadh! biadh! biadh!
Call for ducks:- Feed! feed! feed!
Call for horses:- Dioch! dioch! dioch!
Call for goats:- Pre! pre! pre!
Call for cats:- Puis! puis! puis!
