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School: Baile Haodha (C.), Ráthluirc

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Newtown Ballyhay, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mrs. Julia Herbert
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0374, Page 351

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    a chain in another house.
    The horses house is called a stable. The horses are clipped at every season of the year. They are shod at the forge. The calls of the (very) various animals are when we are calling the hens we say "Tuck Tuck" and when we are calling the turkeys we say "Bee Bee and when we are calling the chickens we say "Chic Chick".
    Eggs are hatched in March and they are marked by putting a mark of pencil on them. The hens eggs take three weeks to come out and ducks eggs four weeks. It is said that if (tha) the cock crows at night that there is some one going to die and that the fairies are around.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Daniel O' Keeffe
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Castlewrixon, Co. Cork