School: Newtown, Borris
- Location:
- Newtown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0903, Page 537
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- (continued from previous page)farmer wants the horse to go on he says "Yup," and when he wants him to stop he says "Whoa,"
When the farmer's wife calls the chickens she says "Gúk" Gúk" and the fowl will come running to her to be fed. When she is setting the eggs she puts thirteen under the hen. She says, there is luck in odd numbers. She puts holy water on the eggs to have luck.
- Collector
- Edward Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Marley or Knockduff, Co. Carlow
- Informant
- Edward Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Marley or Knockduff, Co. Carlow
