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1. The Calls for the Animals

   

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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"

   

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2. Story Heard Locally

   

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   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

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Rita Murrin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Garadice, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Peter Murrin

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Garadice, Co. Meath