School: Tullaghanstown (roll number 9605)
- Location:
- Tullaghanstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Mhic Cába
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0698, Page 219
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- (continued from previous page)There are different kinds of animals such as the cow, the horse, the sheep, the pig, the goat, and the donkey.
Sometimes people put names on their cows, such as the "Polly", the "Brindle", the "Horney", the "Kerry", the "Roan" the "Red "Poal", and the "Heroford".
When people are calling calves they say "Suck Suck" and when they are driving cows in or out of a field they say "How! How".
Generally cows are tied by their necks, the tying is never made at home, it is always bought and is usually made of chains.
When people are putting down hatching eggs they shake holy water on them for luck and when people are calling hens they say "tuk tuk" and when they are calling(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Josie Duignan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ongenstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Duignan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 43
- Occupation
- Farmer's wife
- Address
- Ongenstown, Co. Meath
