School: Baile Nua an Fhaoitigh (roll number 9040)
- Location:
- Newtownwhite, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Éilís Ní Mharascáil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0145, Page 96
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- (continued from previous page)pullet or a cockrel. He invariably picks 13 pullets for a woman who wants them.
When the goslings are due to come out the geese eggs are placed in warm water in a basin. If the bird is alive the egg will jump, if it remains still it is a dead bird, the rotten egg will sink to the bottom.
You must on no account wash the eggs you intend to hatch.
