School: Gort an Tuair (roll number 13467)
- Location:
- Gortatoor, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Áine Nic Oirealla
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- We keep hens, ducks, geese, and tukeys on our farm at home.
When we are calling the hens to the feeding we say tioc! tioc! Then they all come shouting and flapping their wings.
When we are calling the ducks we say whed! whed! Then they all come waddling along in one long line.
When we are calling the geese we say badthhie badthhie. When we are calling the turkies we say, Pin, Pin.
We hatch the hens, ducks, and geese ourselves. We put down the eggs with the spring-tide, for people say(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie Kate Healy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowmacshane, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Michael Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowmacshane, Co. Mayo
