School: Dunlavin (B.)

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1. The Care of Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   was bought from a man who lives beside Dunlavin about three years ago. Edward Copeland is his name.
   She is tied by a chain at night time. It is tied around her neck. Long ago people used to tie cow's by roaps around their legs and horns, but very few people tie them like that nowaday.
   When I am bringing her home in the evening I rattle the gate and shout "Bess. Bess" when she hears me she stops eating and comes to the gate. Showing that she knows her name and is pleased to hear it. One year when I was on my holidays my grandmother gave me a stone which was supposed to bring luck to farm animals. She got it at a holy well where some saint's footprints were found on a rock. At a certain time of the year people go down a steep hill to the strand to get some of those stones.
   When my mother is milking the cows she always sings so to make the cow milk freely and give more milk.
   The songs are simple rhymes like "Cailín deas" "Cruidthe Na Mbó and

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Carey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow