School: Uachtar Achaidh (roll number 9762)
- Location:
- Oughteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Caitlín Knott
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- (continued from previous page)People say "Chuck! Chuck!" when calling hens. They say "Hurish! Hurish!" for the pigs, and "Bee! Bee!" for the turkeys.
When setting eggs some people say a prayer. If an egg is broken or the chicken does not come out in the first setting of the year people say that chickens will be unlucky with the person that year.
A mark is generally put on eggs before hatching, so that if another hen lays in the nest her eggs will be known and taken out.I got this information from my father.- Collector
- Olive Mitchell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killaneen, Co. Leitrim