Imleabhar: CBÉ 0221
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomhanna
Ar an leathanach seo
(gan teideal) (ar lean)
“If two people of the one name got married...”
(ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)A seventh son has many charms One of them is that he can cure himself nearly of any ailment Of course, a worm must be dug and placed in his hand when he is born, if not he will not have any charm.
There was a seventh son somewhere in Ballyhogue or Tinakilly and he got some kind of a disease, and all the doctors couldn't cure him. They told him he could be prepared for the worst that they had done their best for him and failed. The boy - he was only ten years of age wasn't a bit knocked about when he heard this. He kept laughing and talking away and wasn't thinking of death. His father mother brothers and sisters wondered at him, and told him to resign himself to his fate.(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)