School: Scoil na mBráthar, Clonmel
- Location:
- Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S. A. de Faoite
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- When I am calling the horses I say "Nilly Nilly". When I am calling the cows I say "suck suck. I usually hang up a horse shoe in the cow shed for good-luck. The names I have on the horses are Neddy Billy and Moll. I also have cats at which are very nice animals. Cats are very useful in houses because they kill mice. The beds for the cows and horses are straw and Hay. The bed for a cat is a bag with some straw in it. When I am driving the horses I say "gee up" and when I am driving the cows I say "how how". The cows are usually tied with bails in the cow-house There is an old story told that old witches used skim the wills on the farmers on May morning so that they could take the butter from the farmers. We also have eggs and we get these by the fowl we have. I like some animals very much because they are very friendly.
