School: An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 3549)
- Location:
- Whitechurch, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Liam Ó Faoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0644, Page 63
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“There is a herb which grows on the moss.”
There is a herb which grows on the moss. It is called the Virgin's Chalice and is shaped like a chalice. It is coloured yellow. It is a cure for the whooping cough. It is said that if it is boiled in water and drank (three 'slugs' of it) that it would cure the whooping cough forever.
But before one drinks the water one should bury the leaves that are left. If this is not done it would not cure rightly.
- Collector
- Kathleen O' Brien
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Canty, Co. Waterford
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“A funeral on a Monday is a sign of another soon again.”
1. A funeral on a Monday is a sign of another soon again.
2. If you spend on a Monday you will spend for a week.
3. It is not right to open a grave on Monday unless the sod is cut on Sunday.
4. It is said that if a person killed a cat he would have seven years bad luck.
5. If you cut your nails on Thursday you would have misfortune every day until that day week.
6. If a person were sick on New Years Day he would be sick very often during the year.
7. If a person was born during a Leap Year he would be very lucky during his life.(continues on next page)