School: Moylough (C.) (roll number 13832)
- Location:
- Moylough, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Margaret Devine
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- (continued from previous page)of the field he says "Priggen, priggen, priggen" and they come up to him. When he is calling the donkey ha says "Phthrough, phthrough." When he is calling the horse he says "Kup, kup kup." He says "Minnie, minnie minnie" to the goat. He says "Cuboy, Cuboy, Cuboy" to the sheep. When my mother is calling the hens she says "Chuck, Chuck, Chuck."
Hen's eggs have to b hatched for three weeks. Duck eggs, geese eggs and turkey eggs for four weeks. Hen eggs that are put down with the full moon ar eusually cocks and when the eggs are put down with the old moon they are pullets. Birds that come out in June are usually weak and sickly.
- Collector
- Annie Parsons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrowreagh (Cooper), Co. Sligo
- Informant
- John Parsons
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrowreagh (Cooper), Co. Sligo
