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1. Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   animals. They usually eat grass. In the winter they are fed with hay, and potatoes and meal. They are left out all through the year. When a person is calling sheep he says "teob, teob"
   The pig is fed with potatoes, milk, and porridge mixed together. Long ago they were left out every day in a field eating grass. Then in the night time they were put into a house and fed with boiled dock leaves. When a person is calling pigs he says, "fuiris, fuiris."
   The hens, ducks and the geese come next in importance. They are fed with potatoes and meal mixed together. When a person is calling the hens he says "cioc, cioc", when he is calling the geese he says "beada, beada" and when calling the ducks he says "faoir, faoir"
   Mary Sheridan got the following information from John Burke Boleyboy. He is about eighty years of age.
   When a person is putting down eggs, they make the shape of an "x" on each egg, so that if any other hen lays in the nest they would be able to know the difference between the eggs that were put down and the eggs that were

   

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2. Farm Animals

   

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   When a person is putting down eggs, the make it the shape of an "X" on each egg, so that if any other hen lays in the nest they would be able to know the difference between the eggs that were put down and the eggs that were

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Sheridan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Crumlin, Co. Mayo

   Informant

   John Burke

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   80

   Address

   Boleyboy, Co. Mayo