School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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- The farm and domestic animals are:- the cows, calves, the horse and the cat. The cows have got no names. The names of the calves are:-"Darkie", "bluebull", "Bánie" and "gragel". The horse's name is "Paddy". When driving the cows we say "hwish" and when driving the calves we say "go on sukie".
The cow-house is a two storey building with a granary over head. There are two apartments underneath and four cows can be tied in each apartment. The floor is flagged and the roof is made of iron. The walls are lime washed twice a(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eileen Leyland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Leyland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon