1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. An Charraig Bheag, Carraig na Siúire

School: An Charraig Bheag, Carraig na Siúire

Location:
Carrickbeg, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Comhraidhe
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 062

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0655, Page 062

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: An Charraig Bheag, Carraig na Siúire
  2. XML Page 062
  3. XML “The Cow”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Cow (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    wood called a boorhaun is at one end of it and a loop at the other end. Very few spancels are mode in this manner nowadays. When people are milking the cows they sometimes sing or talk to them as they yield more milk when they think their milkers are kind to them. Their beds are cleaned every day and a new sop put under them. The cows are generally named after the place from which they come such as: Burgess and Ballinderry. They are also named by their colours or breeds such as: Polly, Bess, Rasberry, Old Strawberry, New Strawberry, New Jersey, Hereford, Chance.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ned Hahessy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Reatagh, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Mrs Hayes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Reatagh, Co. Waterford