School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)
- Location:
- Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 160
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- (continued from previous page)a candle and hold the egg up to the light and look through the egg and if the egg is clear when you look through it there is no bird in it but if the egg is dark there is a bird in it.
The hen must sit on the eggs for three weeks then the young birds come out. You can put a mark on the egg with blue or a purple pencil, you can put an x on the side of the egg too.
- The names of our cows are Bluey and Porter. Bluey is called Bluey because she is of a blue colour. Porter is called Porter because she came form a man called Porter.
When you are calling the pigs you call "Such" "Such"
When you are calling the sheep you call "Choe"
When you are calling the goat you call "Kidey"
When you are calling the ducks you call "Wheetey"
When you are calling the hens you call "Chuckey"
When you are calling the geese you call "Leg" "Leg"
When you are calling the turkeys you call "P." "P." "P"
When you are calling the chickens you call "Birdy" - Collector
- Isobel Long
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumfad, Co. Donegal
