School: Edenderry (St Mary's Convent)
- Location:
- Edenderry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Sr M. Laserian
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0801, Page 166
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- Care of our Farm Animals
The principal farm and domestic animals at home are, the horse, the cow, the donkey, the sheep, the goat and the calf, hens and chickens, ducks and ducklings, Geese and Goslings and turkeys.
Some cows are called "Maoilins" because they have no horns, they are also called "Polly" cows. "How-up" is said when driving the cow. A cow has generally a large square house with a cement floor. It contains bails to which cows are tied and a manger in which the hay is put. The cow house is called a Byre. The cows are tied with chains or roaps. Some times horse shoes and blessed Palm are put in the Byre to bring good luck. The sign of the cross with a drop of milk is put on the cow after milking her. If you kill a swallow the cow is supposed to milk blood.
The place where the horse is kept is called a stable. There is a manger for the hay and it is divided into apartments called stalls. The usual fodder used in the stables is straw and sometimes withered ferns are cut and placed on top of the straw. The horse is brought to the Forge to be shod and if he loses a shoe(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Madeline Walsh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Greenhills, Co. Offaly
