School: Newtown, Kells (roll number 5053)
- Location:
- Newtown (Shea), Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: (name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0858B, Page 05_015
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- Every farm consists of cows, horses, pigs, sheep and calves.
To discern the cows from one another nick-names are put on them.
The following names are on our cows:- "the blue cow" becaue she is of a greyish blue colour. "Cocked Horn" because she has very straight cocked horns. "Nell Tobin" because she was purchased from a person named Nell Tobin. "The Black Cow" thus called because she is black. "Lough Solus" because she was bought in Lough Solus.
There is a big cow called "Old Kildrummy" because(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Brigid Ní Longáin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Edward Long
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 69
- Address
- Haggard, Co. Kilkenny
