1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Errew G.N.S.

School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)

Location:
Errew, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Brígid Nic Eoin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 04_026

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 04_026

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: Errew G.N.S.
  2. XML Page 04_026
  3. XML “The Care of Our Farm Animals”

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 Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    When cows are cross out in the fields they are tied by the head and foot or a side-lang is put on then - that is the hind and foremost for (is) are tied. When a cow is after calfing a nail is tied to her tail to bring luck and to prevent the fairies from bringing the milk. The old people say nails are lucky When a person is milking if another person passes he should say "God bless the work" for fear the fairies would bring the milk. A horse-shoe is always hung over the door of the stable in which the horse is kept. When a horse is let into the field if he snorts it is said that he sees the fairies
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Mc Hugh
    Gender
    Female