School: Glaise Buí, Malla
- Location:
- An Ghlaise Bhuí Thoir, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Conchobhar Ó Drisceoil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0364, Page 183
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- (continued from previous page)so big that he could not come out the door. Denis had to fall the wall to bring out the colt. The calls of the farm animals are "tuck" "tuk" for hens "bad" "bad" to geese "hurrish" "hurish" to pigs "t-úain" "t-úain" to sheep.
Hens are generally hatched about the end of February or the beginning of March. A clean box is got into which fresh straw is put. A dozen of eggs are then placed on the nest and a hatching hen is placed on them. After three weeks the chickens come out and are fed with chicken meal. All good housekeepers like early birds as I often heard my mother say. "The early bird catches the worm.
- Collector
- Eily Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Bhuaile, Co. Chorcaí
