School: Teampall Mhuire

Location:
Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 390

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    has to hatch for four weeks on them. She comes out every day to drink water and to be fed.
    When the birds come out they are very tender. They be fed with hard boiled eggs. When they are strong they get bread soaked in milk, and so on until they get very strong. Then they are fed with boiled nettles and meal, and later on with potatoes and oats.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. In Lacken district there was a man named Thomas Sheeran R.I.P. He composed songs about anything that would happen around that would be worth making a song about.
    There was another man named
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Hale
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Thomas O' Malley
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Foghill, Co. Mayo