School: Gurteen, Ballymahon
- Location:
- Gorteenclareen, Co. Longford
- Teacher: F. Ó Murchadha
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- (continued from previous page)used to burn a piece of stick and put the sign of the cross on each hatching egg and then sprinkled them three times with holy water. It is said to be unlucky to give back a borrowed clucker.
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- Collector
- James Coughlan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Daroge, Co. Longford