School: Muclach
- Location:
- Mucklagh, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Néill
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- (continued from previous page)animals, a cat and a dog. We have names on all the cows. We call one of the cows "White Socks" We call one of the cows "Dolly". We call another one "Short-horn. When I am driving out the cows I say "How" How" How". When I am calling in the cows I say "Prough" Prough" Prough". When I am calling in the calves I say "Suck" "Suck" "Suck". Our cow house is not so big. The walls of our cow house is not so big. The walls of our cow house is made from mud and stones. There are two doors on it. The floor is made from cement. There is room for three cows in it. The place where the cows are standing is higher than the rest of the floor. There is a tunnel at the backs of the cows for the manure. There is a place (is) made to hold feed, such as hay or straw. The cows are tied to posts, or stakes They are tied with a chain around the neck. It is called a béal. The tyings are home-made. Some of the people hang a piece of palm in the cow house, on Palm Sunday to bring good luck. The people hang crosses made from wood(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Lily Boylan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Saint O'Hara's Hill, Co. Offaly
