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School: Westland (roll number 8428)

Location:
Donore, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Mrs. E. J. Roberts
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 045

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    People say if you had a litter of pigs, and give away one of them without any money for it, you would give away the luck of the rest of the pigs.
    A mark is only put on hatching eggs at the station. No other people put marks on eggs, because once upon a time a woman got a few eggs from a couple of her neighbours and she wrote everybodies name on the eggs, and not one of them was good. It is not lucky to put a mark on hatching eggs.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
          1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Harriet Porter
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Billywood, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mr J. Porter
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Billywood, Co. Meath