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School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)

Location:
Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 125

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    keep away the pick. The cure for the pick is to get a man to light his pipe and to take a puff and blow it down the chickens neck.
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    The number of hens generally kept in a farmers house is about fifty. Every year there is a fresh batch of chicken's hatched and the old hens are sold. It is a custom not to hatch any eggs in the month of June. They say it is not right to wash eggs before putting them down to hatch. The food that is for the hens is
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Tess Casey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonbrock, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Dennis Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    76
    Address
    Cloonbrock, Co. Longford