School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 423
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- (continued from previous page)"biadh, biadh" for turkeys; "trish, trish" for cows; "peo, peo" for horses; "suckie, suckie" for calves; "sherry, sherry" for sheep; and :kiddie, kiddie" for goats. These calls are very common and ancient.
To hear a hen crowing is the sign of death or misfortune and to hear a rooster crowing before twelve o'clock is said to be the sign of something tragic which is going to occur about the house.
When hatching a hen you first of all put a bed of hay in a box; then you put the hay in it and the eggs under her and leave her in some quiet place. At the end of three weeks the chickens come out. If eggs are greased or or washed before they are hatched there will be no birds in them.
