School: Shallee, Tulach Sheasta (roll number 6245)
- Location:
- Shallee (Coughlan), Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire Ní Chonchubhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 189
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - We keep three cows, three calves, one horse, one donkey, eight sheep and three pigs at home. The names of the cows are , the polly cow, the grey cow and the white cow.
When driving the cows we say "how how". When driving the horse we say "go on" and the same to the donkey and all the other animals.
The walls of the cow house are built of mortar and stones and the roof is made of straw. The distance between each cow is about three feet when in the bales. There is a stick going from one end of the wall to the other and another upon the ground the same way. There are two(continues on next page)
