School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)
- Location:
- Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Súilleabháin
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- Long ago people used be very careful about the crops and as hens are very destructive birds on no crops were sown near a house. Hens have a great habit of scratching up the earth and that destroy the crop. The old people got a plan for them. They went to the strand and picked buarnacles boiled them and took out the fish. Then they took out the bottom of the shell and put the shell on the hen's feet and every time they used begin to scratch the shells would hurt them and prevent them from doing so. This custom was found valuable but only those near the sea could avail of it.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Downing
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonee, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- Batt O' Sullivan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry