Stories or Customs

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Abstract: Story collected by Richard Gladney, a student at Drummond school (Drummin, Co. Carlow) (no informant identified).

Original reference: 0903/2/163

Murchadha, P. Ó [Teacher]

Ireland. Department of Arts, Culture, and the Gaeltacht [Funder]

University College Dublin [Funder]

National Folklore Foundation [Funder]
Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann [Funder]

Loading... School Drummond [Vol. 0903, Chapter 0002]

County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : Carlow County Schools

COLLECTOR: Gladney, Richard
Gender: male
Location: St. Mullin's (Civil parish)
St. Mullin's Lower (Barony)
Carlow (County)

Story text TEI

transcribed at

Stories or Customs [duchas:5029851]

It is the custom with some people in this district to mark eggs with the date of the month so that when the eggs are hatched they would know how long the chickens took to come out. Other people believe that if you set eggs on Sunday you would have no luck with them. They also put iron in the nest in which the eggs are being hatched as it is supposed to safeguard the chickens against thunder or lightning.

Resource description

Origin information: Drummin, Co. Carlow
Date created: 1938-05-06
Type of Resource: text
Physical description: p. 468
Volume 0903
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Murchadha.
Languages: English eng
Genre: Folktale
Subject: Agriculture linked data (lcsh); Agriculture--Talmhaíocht
School location: Drummin An Droimín Drummin St. Mullin's St. Mullin's Lower Carlow
Location: https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5143259
Location: University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .
Original reference: 0903/2/163
Suggested credit: "Stories or Customs"in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5143259>
Note: Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher P. Ó Murchadha.
Funding: Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source: Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.