The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

IF YOU CARRY EGGS OUT TO PUT UNDER A SETTING HEN, IF YOU WANT THE
EGGS TO HATCH INTO PULLETS YOU SHOULD CARRY THEM IN A WOMAN'S
APRON OR BONNET. IF YOU WANT ROOSTERS, CARRY THEM OUT IN A MAN'S
HAT.

Submitter comment: SINCE THESE TWO INFORMANTS CAME FROM DIFFERENT AREAS, THE BELIEF
MUST BE FAIRLY COMMON AT LEAST IN TENNESSEE AND SOUTHERN KENTUCKY.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Date learned: NOT GIVEN