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   litter. We keep the cows in good houses. The oldest cow we have is nine years.

   When my father is driving the cows he says "How How". There is a Sacred Heart badge hanging up in the cow-house to bring luck on the cows. Seven of the cows are red and five of them are grey and red. The names of six cows are -

   White-legs - Because she has white spots on her legs.

   Green - so called because her mother was bought from Mr. Green, Knocknacreha, Rathgormack, Co, Waterford.

   Tough - Because she is hard to milk.

   Red-heifer - Because she is red

   Grey-heifer - Because her colour is grey

   Watty - so called because her mother was bought from Mr. Watty Hennebrym Clondonnell, Rathgormack, Co. Waterford.

   In winter we separate and make our own butter. In the summer we send our milk to the creamery and buy our butter there. We make about twelve pounds of butter every week.

   Horses - We keep two horses and they are very useful to us. They work very

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Kilbrack, Co. Waterford

   Collector

   Eily Power

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Kilbrack, Co. Waterford