School: Newtownbarry (B.) (roll number 3633)
- Location:
- Bunclody, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Bháitear Ua Giollarnath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0892, Page 139
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- (continued from previous page)139calling goats they say "Gin gin." When putting pigs to bed they say "Hie-sa bed." The call for ducks is "Feeney feeney." The call for cattle are "Bee" or "Bet." The call for horses is "Pioh-pioh."
When setting a hen it is the custom to set thirteen eggs. They also mark the eggs with a purple pencil so that if another hen laid an egg in the nest they would know the fresh egg from the hatching eggs.
