School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

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1. The Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   plows and harrows, reaps, draws turf from the bog, and does all kind of work. He is a big strong animal. Sometimes he is very quiet and you could go and rub his face. Very few of either horses or mares are wicked.
   Pigs are small animals. They do no work but still they are very usefull. When full grown they are fattened and turned into bacon. The mother pig is called a sow. When calling the sow you say "Hurish Hurish, Hurish" and when calling little pigs you say "Gyoue Gyoue, Gyoue". Little pigs are fed out of a trough.
   You say "Juck, Juck, Juck," when calling hens and "Sh-cirrie" when hunting them. Hens are let nest in a house called a "Hen house" with rousts. Eggs are hatched every year to bring out a young clutch

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Ella Cooke

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newcastle, Co. Meath

   Informant

   John Smyth

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Newcastle, Co. Meath