School: Gallen
- Location:
- Gallen, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: T.R. Goodwin
Open data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Gallen
- XML Page 256
- XML “Farm Animals”
- XML “Beliefs Connected with Animals”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- (continued from previous page)For the calf = "Suck Suck"Call for the geese = Cuddie Cuddie
- Beliefs connected with animals
Goats
1. Most farmers keep a goat with their cows because it is considered lucky to do so.
(2) Goats milk is said to be more nourishing than cows milk because the goat feeds on herbs.
(3) It is said to be unlucky to beat a pig or an ass on the head.
(4) Every ass has a black cross on its back because it was an ass that carried the Child Jesus safely into Egypt.
(5) When an ass roars it is a sign a tinker has died.
(6) If you find a four-leaved shamrock where the more stands the foal will be a filly(continues on next page)