School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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- (continued from previous page)male child it must be put round neck by the childs godmother and if it is a female it must be put on by the childs godfatherSty
Get ten thorns from a gooseberry bush and prod the sty with each thorn. Throw the last one across your left shoulder and keep the other nine.Rose
When a female person has the rose, if a male person goes to a lake at dawn and takes home a bottle of the water a rub of that will cure the rose. But if it is a male person the water must be taken from the lake by a female.
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