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School: Bellanagare (roll number 2968)

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Bellanagare, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Seán Mac Dochair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 125

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    birds by hatching in the fields. It was considered very lucky when a hen arrived to the door with a clutch of chickens. There were different calls for the different kinds of fowl such as "tioc, tioc" for hens, "criosa, críosa" for the ducks and "badly, badly" for the geese. The turkeys were called by "gheib, gheib". If a hen crew she was taken and thrown over the fence between two villages. Some numbers were considered unlucky when setting eggs and sometimes the hatching eggs were marked with paint or soot.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Geraghty
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Geraghty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Bellanagare, Co. Roscommon