School: Scoil Sheosaimh Ntha (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Glennamaddy, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Úna, Bean Uí Threasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0017, Page 252
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- (continued from previous page)10. When the people would pit down a clutch long ago they would put a mark on the eggs for fear another hen would lay on them.
11. Long ago before the people would put down a clutch they would put a needle on the eggs. If it went round it would be a pullet that would be in it, and if it went oblong it would be a cock.
12. The way the people called the hens is "chuck", "chuck", the ducks "faoít- faoít", the geese "badaidh- badaidh". The way they called the small chickens is "shis-shis", the sheep "seo, seo", the pigs "furish-furish", the calves "suck suck", the ass "preh preh" the cows "prigín prigín"
13. If a person spills milk when milking they would say "cumhra Dia ar a mháthair"
14. In olden times the old people would say that you would make a bad eye of a cow if you did not say God Bless her.
15. Long ago there was a man and every(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maggie Gibney
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Tom Diskin
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kiltullagh, Co. Galway
