School: Loughill
- Location:
- Ballymunterhiggin, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Eibhlis Ní Mhathghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1026, Page 169
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The farm and domestic animals in this district are a horse, a donkey, cows, calves, goats and a dog and a cat. The cows are called “Pollies” (if they have no horns and black in colour) “hornies” (if they have horns) or else they get their names from their colour such as “the yellow cow” (a reddish shade). When driving cows in or out of a field people say “how on”. When calling calves people say “sug sug” or “sue sue”.The cow house is low, long and thatched. Cows are tied on each side and “the chain” divided the byre into two parts. There is no manger. Each cow is tied to a stake by a chain. The two parts of the(continues on next page)
