School: Ballinacliffy
- Location:
- Ballynacliffy, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: A. Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 197
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- 16 th May 1938.
The crooks are put at end of the chains to keep them from opening. It is said that it is lucky to put a horse-shoe over the cow-horse door. The pigs are kept in a pig sty; the sty has to be swept out twice a week. The pigs are fed out of a wooden trough and the trough has to be washed every time before the pigs are fed The people ring the pigs when they are small to keep them from rooting When you are ringing a pig one man catching him and another man puts the ring in his nose It is said it is lucky to buy pigs with the price of hens' eggs. It is said that if you have the mumps and if you go(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Nolan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
