School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhriaghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 503
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- The seventh son can cure sore lips by breathing on them and the seventh son of the seventh son cannot be drowned by water or burned by fire.
The seventh daughter will be a banshee and she cries over families for a hundred years.
Chahills blood can cure wildfire.
Mrs. Lawton (Cahill was her maiden name) cured several people of wildfire. She pricks her fingers to draw the blood then rubs her finger to the affected part. The next day if her finger is sore the person has not the wildfire but if her finger is not sore, the person has the wildfire. After the third application the person is cured.
The following prayer is said to protect a person from danger of thunder and lightening; Padair Íosa, a muin Ois dá mácair
An Íosa bí agus Cág dul trí slíga (a vadam)
Go seacainn díom, ar sluasad tornige agus confad mo namaid.
If a person got wounded and she was shedding blood this prayer is to be said three times and each time at the mention of the holy name the breath must be blown on the wound.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Helen Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrison, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr John Walshe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Coolishal, Co. Waterford
