School: Baile Ard

Location:
Ballard, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Floinn
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    If you wash your hands in water in which another person has washed his hands you should first make the sign of the Cross over the water if you neglect to do so you will quarrel with that other person Do not line a pin to goan lover on loan are take it from him for you will surely quarrel with him A merchant recommended to a lady once who was subject to cramp that she should turn her slippers soles uppermost at night before going to bed as an infallible cure for a girl will tkae a young man's silk handkerchief and look through it at the first new moon in the new [?] she will see as many distinct moons as it will be years before she will be married
    Rosemary worn about the person will strengthen memory, and
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English