School: Baile an Chlochair, Lic Snámha (roll number 12410)
- Location:
- Ballincloher, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pártholán Ó Gealbháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0411, Page 445
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- Long ago old women called "egg women" used go around gathering eggs from the people with a "cliabh" or hamper .They used have old sticks and according as they used gather every hundred eggs they used put a notch in the stick because they had no education . Sometimes the old women would give money and when they would not have the money they would give cups , and saucers and plates. They used say that the eggs money was very lucky .If they bought a horse or a cow with the egg money they used(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy Sheehy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Sheehy
- Gender
- Male
