School: Páirc na nDriseóg (roll number 14294)

Location:
Brierfield, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Conaire
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    the way to put a hen hatching. First, you would get a wooden box and put straw into it. Then get about twelve eggs and put them into the box. Get the clocking hen and put her over the eggs. Leave her there for three weeks and then the chicken will break the shell and come out. That is the way to put a hen hatching.
    Got from my mother
    Mrs. Margaret Crowe,
    Brierfield (Pewtown)
    Menlough P.O.
    Ballinasloe.
    Co, Galway.
    Delia Crowe,
    Brierfield (Pewtown)
    Menlough P.O.
    Ballinasloe.
    Co. Galway.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Crowe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brierfield South, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Mrs Margaret Crowe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Brierfield South, Co. Galway