School: Dún Béicín (roll number 14822)
- Location:
- Doonbeakin, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Máire Nic Giolla Geanainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0167, Page 0688
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- The care of our Farm animals
The calls for the different animals are as follows "Tuk Tuk" for hens "Wheet Wheet" for ducks "Yeb Yeb" for turkeys, "Geg Geg" for geese "Showny Showny" for sheep "Hurrish Hurrish" for pigs "Hursh Hursh" for cows, "Shep Shep" for horses "Pussy Pussy" for a cat "Miney Miney" for a goat.
When my mother hatches eggs she always picks round brown eggs because pullets come out of the round brown eggs. If she wants some cocks she hatches white long eggs
She puts a cross of ink on the hatching eggs(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Hugh Golden
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dunowla, Co. Sligo
