School: Killashee, Longphort (roll number 12515)
- Location:
- Killashee and Aghakeeran, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muireadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 122
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- (continued from previous page)When they are setting eggs they make the sign of the cross on every egg with a pencil. The people say the eggs will be "sure". The henhouse is sometimes called the cro. Some people make a rag man and put it outside the hen house. The people say the fox will not come near the hen house.
- People say that crowing hens should be put at a four cross-roads because they are not lucky about a house(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eva Rollins
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lyneen, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Rollins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Lyneen, Co. Longford
