School: Knockanargan, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Knockanarrigan, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Annie Draper
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- (continued from previous page)The cow bail is as in sketch.The animal's head is put in between the two sticks and they are tightened up and fastened with a rope or a hasp
The tether is home-made.
In olden times the people used to milk the cows on the mountain pastures, and the milk by the women in a pail on their heads.
The women often had to carry the milk for a mile or more.
This was only done in Summer.
The stable is a house (is) the same as the cowhouse. When the sheep or goats come home in the daytime or come down off the heights you may always be certain that a storm is coming.
When you are calling the hens you say Tuk! Tuk!(continues on next page)- Collector
- Susan Case
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Brittas, Co. Wicklow