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School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

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Richmond, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 142

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    delays them a few days after the time they are due for coming out. The eggs that there are no birds in are called blanks or gluggers.
    When hens are dying on a person they take the dead hand and throw them into a neighbours field so that the disease will leave their hens. Those are some of the costoms about hens.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sadie Caden
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Caden
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Carrowkeel, Co. Mayo