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School: Cartrún

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Cartronavally, Co. Roscommon
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Cáit, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0230, Page 231

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    Setting eggs.
    The women of Ireland now as of old are famous for their rearing of poultry as by this means they are able on small scale to provide most of the necessary small buying in for the home. As the Christmas days are over they prepare to think of their young broods of chickens for the Spring, and as soon as opportunity offers itself eggs are begun to be hatched. The majority of women in the vicinity of my home seem to adopt the same method in selling eggs for hatching.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Christina Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrow Beg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Agnes Mc Govern
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    30
    Address
    Keadew East, Co. Roscommon