School: Effernan, Cill an Dísirt
- Location:
- Effernan, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán de Nógla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0603, Page 256
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The horses' cabin is called a stable. The pigs cabin is called a pigs' sty. The hens' cabin is called the fowl house.
When the people are calling the hens they say zioc zioc [?]. When they are calling the turkeys they say bic bic [?]. When they are calling the ducks they say feed feed. When they are calling the cows they say tweet tweet.
The people put rushes or old hay or straw under the animals during winter.
Some people hang crosses on the rafters of the cows' cabin so that the cows would be lucky.
