School: Gowna
- Location:
- Scrabby, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Hugh Murray
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0986, Page 063
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“The work 'lock' is in very common use here...”
The word "lock" is in very common use here, as for instance - a LOCK of turf a LOCK of hay, and a LOCK of oats etc it is probably the Irish word GLAIC (glac coirce)
A hollow potato - tube, etc is said to be (BOAST) = empty in the heart.
When a baby(?) laughs she is supposed to see angels.
When night is falling the old people refer to this as - between the two lights.
A certain water fowl swims just immediately below the surface of the water and the old people refer to this as swimming between the two waters
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“In calling fowl and domestic animals the old people had a particular call....”
In calling fowl and domestic animals the old people had a particular call for each kind and these all knew their own calls.
"Phitongh, Phitongh" brought the mare galloping to her oats."Prug, Prug" coaxed the cow home to be milked"Suck Suckie brought the calf racing for her milk.(continues on next page)