School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Tulach
- Location:
- Tulla, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Sr. M. Lorcán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0590, Page 058
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In the cowhouse there is room for ten cows.The place where they are tied is called a stall.It is two sticks standing up straight with an iron hasp keeping them together. In some cowhouses a piece of quickbeam is hung to bring luck.
Fodder is food given to horses and cows. The stable is slated.There is two boxes for the horses to eat oats out of.The horse are tied with a halter.
Chickens take three weeks.ducks take a month geese and turkeys take a month .A hen is set on duckeggs because the duck usually rises after two or three weeks,they are not good mothers.
Straw is generally put under hens, ducks, geese and turkeys when hatching.
- Collector
- Séosaimhthin Ní Mhocháin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 12
- Address
- Ardbooly Lower, Co. Clare
