School: Mullinahone (C.) (roll number 15363)
- Location:
- Mullinahone, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire Ní Shéaghdha
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- Cows, Pigs, Fowl, (cocks, hens, pullets, chickens, turkeys, geese) Horses, Bullocks, Heifers.
Names of our cows: Anner Beauty, Red Madge, Carrick Anner, Milkmaid, Crosstown, Gwynne, Mary Anne, Mulllinadobrid Gwynne II, Centenary, Young Cuddihy, Beauty, Anner Daisy, Anner Rose (twins) Mullinadobrid Gwynne I.
We say hcow, hcow, (prounounced how) to hurry cows in from the fields to be milked.
Names of Cowhouses.
Lower Arch, Middle Arch, Top Arch.
Singing will quieten a nervous cow.
If cows are milked slowly they become tough.
Sheep call resemble Baa.
A cow's call resembles Mu.
A goat's call resembles Meg-ge-ge-geg.
A Pig's call resembles Guc. Guc.
When a calf is born, salt is sprinkled on it to make the cow lick it dry.- Collector
- Mary Gleeson
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilvemnon, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Philip Gleeson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Kilvemnon, Co. Tipperary