School: Cabra, Kingscourt
- Location:
- An Chabrach, Co. an Chabháin
- Teacher: Violet Irwin
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- The names of the animals on the farm are horses, cows, calves, bullocks and sheep.
The horses occupy a stable. Each horse has a separate box with cobble-stone floor. Before him is the manger from which he is fed. The manger is about four feet high, with hay on one side, and a box for holding grain on the other. The horse is tied by the neck with a rope, which runs through a hole bored in the centre of the manger and which has a block fastened at the end, thereby giving the animal complete head freedom.
The cows dwell in a cowhouse or byre, as it is called. The byre is finished with concrete and has windows on both sides. They are tied with a chain, which is fastened to an iron run bedded in cement. Before them is a concrete feeding place about nine inches in depth.
Calves are closed in a shed, which is well ventilated. They are fed with milk, hay, turnips, meals etc.
when driving horses we say, "Gee up!" or make a clucking noise with the tongue.
When driving cattle in our district, we say "Hep" Hep" or "Ho! Ho!"(continues on next page)- Collector
- Elizabeth Clarke
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Chreig, Co. na Mí