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School: Rathmoylan (roll number 10879)

Location:
Rathmolyon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Ethel G. P. Wildman
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    The hens sits on the eggs for three weeks. She is set with thirteen eggs. Marks are often put on the eggs when they are not hatched in a box, incase another hen would lay an egg in the nest. When eggs are got in a poultry station there is also a mark put on them.
    Trixie Love,
    The Moate,
    Rathmoylan,
    Co. Meath
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Trixie Love
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moat, Co. Meath