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School: Termonfeckin

Location:
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 428

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    We have fowl at home. The fowl are kept in the hen house.
    There is one door and a thatched roof on the hen house. Inside are roosts and nests. The food given to the hens is meal, potatoes and oats.
    The words said when calling the hens are "buck buck" When calling the chickens the words said are "chuck chuck" The ducks are called by the words "Leek, leek, leek"
    The nest are made of hay in boxes. When a hen lays an egg she "cackles". A duck "Wacks" after laying an egg.
    There are thirteen eggs put down for a hatch. The hen lies three weeks on the eggs.
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    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
    Collector
    Mary Duff
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Duff
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Termonfeckin, Co. Louth