School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)
- Location:
- Feevagh, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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- (continued from previous page)chains fastened in the stalls to the manger, to tie the cows. Their (There) are tied around the neck. We call the tie, the "bail". If sheep require tying a spancil it is put on its legs.
A spancil is also used to tie an ass or a horse. The horse has a rack at the end of its stall for hay. It has a small trough for oats.
We give it mashes of bran in a bucket. We tie the horse in the stable by means of a head-halter and chain. The chain runs through an iron ring in the rack, There is a wooden block attched to the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Mulligan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowntarriff, Co. Roscommon
