School: Páirc na Coille
- Location:
- Woodfield, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Énrí Ó Maolagáin
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- (continued from previous page)of thatched houses, as the Danes did themselves in Ireland. Round eggs are the best for hatching. If two different classes of hen eggs are being hatching by the one hen, marks are put on one class of eggs. When we are calling the hens we say "tioc, tioc, tioc", and when we are calling the hens we say "yeb, yeb, yeb."
The goats come when we say "Nanny, Nanny", and the pigs come when we say "hwish, hwish". When we want to call the ducks we say "wheaty, wheaty" and when calling the geese we say "lady, lady". When we are calling the chickens we say "birdie, birdie".
The first horse(continues on next page)- Collector
- Eileen Leyland
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Leyland
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crossna, Co. Roscommon