School: Balrath (roll number 9770)
- Location:
- Balrath, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 063
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- (continued from previous page)round the cow's necks and caught together with a hook.
We have a mare and pony also which we call Kitty and Charley. They are out in the fields in the Summer and are put into a stable in the Winter time. They are never tied as there is a division between them in the stable.
We keep pigs sometimes and when we are calling them to their food we say "Hurish, Hurish".
- They say here when cattle are dying on a farmer if a goat is put in amongst them unknown to him and he does not drive it out the luck will change.
"As lucky as a goat among cattle"The Worm's Knot
If a calf has a pain some one makes a certain kind of knot on twine called the worm's knot and leaves it on the animal's side. If worms are the cause that will cure him.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Moore
- Gender
- Female
