School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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1. Care of Our Farm Animals (continued)

   

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   best time to hatch eggs. The pullets lay in September or October when the old hens are resting. The cocks can be sold before partridge and pheasant season comes in. Chickens are not bought so eagerly then, the wild fowl are liked better.
   The place where the hens are to hatch should be away from noise and other fowl. Thunder or heavy carting kills birds in the eggs. A wide shallow box with plenty of straw packed around, hay should not be used it creates vermin. Twelve eggs is a comfortable clutch under each hen. Old people put a piece of old pot in the nest they believed pot luck good luck After the eggs have been hatching five or six days to look through the eggs opposite a lighted candle it is easy to know if there will be birds; blank

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary J. Mc Guire

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Guire

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford