School: Broadford, Ráthluirc
- Location:
- Béal an Átha, Co. Luimnigh
- Teacher: Siobhán Nic Phiarais
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“Chin cough - If you saw a person riding on a white horse...”
(continued from previous page)palsy The cowslips in olden times was named "palsywort" because it was thought to be a cure for palsy.
Warts To rub your fasting spit on the wart nine morning in succession.
"Cramps" To turn your shoes upside down.
"Yellow jaundice" To dig a sod and pick nine worms out of it and throw away one of them, and boil the remaining eight in milk and then to drink the milk.
Toothache-To put bread soda in to it, or ginger and whiskey
"Whitlow"- To put the finger into a raw egg.
"fester"- To put a poultice of bread to it.
"Cough" - By using the roots of the dandelion.
- Lucky DaysTuesdays, Thursday and Fridays are the luckiest days to go into a new house or start any building.
Unlucky Days – Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Any thing started on Monday or Wednesday will not be lucky. Anything started on(continues on next page)
