School: Killough (roll number 9540)
- Location:
- Killulagh, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Mary Lynch
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0726, Page 323
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- (continued from previous page)They are our the road before us.
With my riga-dum-do they cry moo,moo,
Into the face of an angry peeler.
- A child suffering from chin cough or whooping cough as it is called, is said to get a red ribbon, or a red piece of tape from the God mother or the God father and to is fastened to the child's neck. In the case of a girl the ribbon is procured from the child's God father and if the child is a boy the ribbon is procured from the child's Godmother. This tape should be worn until the child is better.
- Collector
- Kathleen Murray
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Delvin, Co. Westmeath
