1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. St Bridget's

School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)

Location:
Derrymore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire Uí hOistín
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 09_012

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 09_012

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: St Bridget's
  2. XML Page 09_012
  3. XML “Horses”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Horses (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    farmers let them in to the meadows. The farmers leave them in untill spring.
    When you are calling a sheep you will say "teóf".
    When you are setting a hatch of eggs under a hen duck or a goose you will put a black mark on every egg. So that they will not mix with any other egg. The people bless the eggs with holy water. When you are calling a goose you will say beadhaidhe.
    When you are calling a duck you say "wheat"
    When you are calling a hen you will say "tuk"
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Tomás Ó Tónra
    Gender
    Male