School: Errew G.N.S. (roll number 13261)
- Location:
- An tOireamh, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Brígid Nic Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0090E, Page 05_022
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- (continued from previous page)When driving him in and out in the field we say "Hull." He is kept with the cows.
We keep four pigs on our farm. We call one of them "Jigeen" another "Pig" another the "Slip" and the other the "Suck", which is a young one. When driving them in and out we say "Muck".
We keep about sixty hens five turkeys and two ducks. When calling the hens we say "Tuk" "Tuk" the ducks "Padha" "Padha" and the turkeys "Bee" "Bee". When we put down eggs we never put down but odd numbers because they say there is luck in odd numbers.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kate Kilcoyne
- Gender
- Female
