School: Ballinahowen (roll number 8646)
- Location:
- Buaile na hAbhann, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: T. Hanly
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- Before setting hens eggs my mother marks each one with soot and shakes holy water on the eggs and hen. The chickens are hatched out in three weeks when calling the hens we say "Yiuc! Yiuc!" and "cearc" !
The following are other calls :-
Chickens: "Dish Dish"
Duck, "Weet Weet" and "Hi lacain!"
Turkey, "Biad Biad"
Goose, "Baddy Baddy" and "Hi gé"
Goat "Jin Jin" and "Hi gower" !
Pig "Deoch Deoch" and "Hi muck !"
Horse. "Pheo Pheo"
Cow. "Brug Brug"
Calf. "Suc! Suc!"
Cat. "Pis! Pis!" and "cuit!"
Sheep. "Chewy! Chewy!"
Ewe. "Fanny Fanny!"
Pig. "Furnish! Furnish!" and "Hi muck !"
When you want a horse to stand you say "Bike"- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Dhúlaín
- Gender
- Female