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1. Setting Eggs - Customs and Beliefs (ar lean)

   

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   shake holy water over the nest.
   (7) Some people make the sign of the Cross on each egg with a burnt stick, or with soot from the chimney.
   (8) A red hen is said to be more lucky than one of any other colour for hatching.
   (9) It is customary to put a sock of a plough, or some part of a plough if a sock is not available, on top of the box in which the eggs are set. This is said to keep thunder from injuring the birds. A piece of iron of any other kind will not do it must be part of a plough.
   (10) If you find a hen hatching in the ditch you should not disturb her.
   (11) It is lucky if a hen brings in a clutch of chickens which she has hatched out in the ditch or field without the knowledge

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