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School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)

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Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 132

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    or very small ones.
    It is said that freak chickens come out though this may not always be the case. A person told me that she saw fourteen ducks, healthy and strong come out of eleven eggs, eight had single birds, and three had two each. The whole fourteen seemed of an equal size.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sarah Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Miss H Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    71
    Address
    Cloneen, Co. Tipperary