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Party at the crossroads for the turned-out whistling women

by katiedixon on August 1, 2020 with No Comments
by Sharry Wright, San Francisco

A crowing hen should not be sold or killed. She should be left at a cross-roads. She will bring misfortune about any place she is. The same applies to a whistling woman.

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The cross roads

by katiedixon on July 21, 2020 with No Comments

 

by Ruadhan Davies (10), U.S.A.

 

Ruadhan Davies (10) lives in New York, U.S.A.  Ruadhan based his comic on the folklore piece “A crowing hen should not be sold or killed. She should be left at a cross-roads. She will bring misfortune about any place she is. The same applies to a whistling woman.”

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An old hen with a pullet’s head

by katiedixon on July 4, 2020 with No Comments
by Maura B. Longford

A funny old hen, let it be said, dreamt she would never grow old.

” A pullet” she said “I’ll be ’til I’m dead”

She lived a life daring and bold.

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