School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)

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1. Care of Our Farm Animals

   

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   We have cows, sheep, calves, and a bull, and a pony. The names of the cows, the polly cow, the speckled cow, the cow with the spot in her side. The cows are tied with a chain fastened to a post and the chains tied round their necks. Palm is hung over the door of the cowhouse. Before the first milk is taken from the cow the hair is burned off her udder with a blessed candle. John O Donnell Ballyhurst Tipperary age 13 years Heard from Patrick O Donnell Ballyhurst Tipperary age 42 yrs

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   Topics

   1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
   2. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   John O' Donnell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Patrick O' Donnell

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   42

   Address

   Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary

2. Old Sayings

   

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   A stitch in time saves nine.
   Time and tide waits for no man.
   A fool and his money soon parts.
   After the gatherer comes the scatterer.
   Live horse and you will get grass.
   The Raven thinks her own bird the whitest.

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