School: Kildavin, Ferns
- Location:
- Kildavin, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tadhg de Brí
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 274
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- (continued from previous page)The words used for driving horses are "Hey up, Go on, Head off" When they want the horses to stop they say "woo back, Stand".
When they are calling the horses they say "Pheow, Pheow". Horses are fed in the stable for six months of the year and put on grass for the other six months.
They are fed on hay, oats turnips and beet pulp and other roots. They are fed out of feeding troughs.
The horses are tied by a head-collar which is like a winkers it is held down by a log which keeps the rope from lengthening when the horse raises his head.
It is believed that when a brood mares first fool's bit falls a fourleaved shamrock will grow. A bit is a thing smething(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eily Fennelly
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Nolan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 75
- Occupation
- Shopkeeper
- Address
- Ballyshancarragh, Co. Carlow
