1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Hospital Convent

School: Hospital Convent (roll number 13898)

Location:
Hospital, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Sr. Bernard
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0515, Page 134

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0515, Page 134

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Hospital Convent
  2. XML Page 134
  3. XML “The Care of Our Farm Animals”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    cement floor in these cowhouses on which hay is spread for the cows. The cows are tied to bales by the neck. Other cows are tied to stakes with chains.Some tyings are made of chains but the the bales are made of wood. If a person went visiting to an place and if he brought a branch of a tree from that place when he would come home that branch would be hung in the cowhouse to bring luck on the stock.
    If you pet a cow she will always come to you when you go out morning or evening and you must milk her first as she will not leave you milk any other cow before her. Some people sing while they are milking their cows so as to
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Kitty O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlefarm, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Mr P. O' Connell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlefarm, Co. Limerick