School: Carrickallen
- Location:
- Carrickallen, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: A. Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1022, Page 215
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- (continued from previous page)set a hen on eggs on Saturday that you will have no birds out of the eggs.
It is said that Sunday is the luckiest day of the week to set a hen on eggs.
People sometimes get two two breeds of fowl to set under one hen
When these people want to distinguish one of these breeds from the other they mark one of the breeds with ink marks or pencil marks.
It is best to mark the eggs with ink instead of a pencil mark because when the eggs would be set some time the pencil marks would wear off the eggs.
If someone asks you to swop your eggs for his or her eggs you will give your luck to that person.
It is believed that if there is a straw on the hen's tail that a stranger on his nor her way to your house.
If the rusiter comes to door and crows in it is believed that he is warning you of good luck ion the future.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Carrickacroman, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Bernard Smith
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 57
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Address
- Carrickacroman, Co. Cavan
