School: Allenwood

Location:
Fiodh Alúine, Co. Chill Dara
Teacher:
Seán Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 412

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0774, Page 412

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  2. When you have the hooping cough if you tie a purse around your neck & a worm in it you will be cured.
    When you have warts if you put a snail up in a bush, when the snail withers the warts will go.
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  3. Wilful waste makes woeful want
    See a pin & pick it up & some other day you'll have good luck. All together like Brown's cows (Brown's cows were always all together because Brown had only one cow)
    Wet Friday - wet Sunday.
    Come seldom - come welcome.
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