School: Ballyhaise
- Location:
- Ballyhaise, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thos. Plunkett
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- XML “The Care of Our Farm Animals”
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- (continued from previous page)weather the eggs are sprinkled with lukewarm water every few days. When they are ten days set they are tested. This is done with a lighted candle in the hen-house after dark. The egg is held length-ways between one finger and thumb and then the person looks through the egg. If it is clear it is infertile and if it is dark it is fertile.
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- Collector
- Philomena Mulligan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Mrs Argue
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Drumkeeran, Co. Cavan