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School: Sisters of Charity Convent N.S., Bealach an Doirín

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Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
An tSr. Seosamh Ní Cheallaigh
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    Soff on you The water of a corpse on you, which means "That" you may be dead"
    Bad sist to you means begone
    Mhuire is 'strú means Mother of God take pity on me
    Muise the blessing of God on you A Person says this to get rid of a person who is troubling him.
    Shull A person says it to the hens when they are in the way
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. proverbs (~4,377)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Towey
    Gender
    Female