School: Tyrrellspass (C) (roll number 6040)
- Location:
- Tyrrellspass, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonduibh
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- Care of our farm animals
Written by Maura Conniffe.
Obtained from my own information.
There are a number of animals on the farm. Good care must be taken of them.
On a farm there are cows of every kind, calves, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and fowl of every kind.
When people are saying anything to the cows they generally call them by their name such as, (Kitty, Jane, Mary).
When driving them in or out in a gate they say "go one" "hie up out of that". When they are driving sheep out or in, They say, "shi go on".
When people are milking cows, they first draw a little milk so as to clear the openings in case that(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maura Conniffe
- Gender
- Female
