School: Gallow (roll number 8301)
- Location:
- Gallow, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Cáit, Bean Uí Mhuirín
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- 20-2-37 The calls made for the animals
The call made for a hen is "chuck, chuck"
The call for a duck is "weety, weety"
The call for a chicken is "chick, chick"
The call for a pig is "hurrish, hurrish"
The call for a goat is "Jen, Jen"
The call for a cat is "push, push" (Puisin, puisin")
When hunting out the cat we say "cait, cait"
When calling the cow say "prug, prug"
When calling the calves home "suc, suc" - Story heard locally about an old woman who used to "take" the butter off the cows. There is an old story told in my parish that there was once an old witch living in it who used to turn herself into a hare and go around the field and suck the milk from the cows. One night the neighbours watched and they saw the hare running round the cows and they coursed her with dogs and after(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Murrin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garadice, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Peter Murrin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Garadice, Co. Meath