School: An Teampoll Geal, Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 3549)

Location:
Whitechurch, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Liam Ó Faoláin
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    A funeral on a Monday is a sign of another soon again.

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    8. If thunder comes on the first day of April all grain crops will be very good.
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    There is a great deal of herbs growing on the land.

    There is a great deal of herbs growing on the land. The pennywinkle is good for curing skin-disease.
    There is another one called slan-lus it is good for curing cuts.
    Another one is called the hern plant; it is for curing toothache.
    On May eve long ago the people used to gather the yarrow plant and put it under the pillow to dream of their future wife or husband.
    Ragweed is a common plant. It is good for healing sore throat.
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    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. agents (~1)
      1. people by social grouping
        1. travellers (~3,023)
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    Poor people go from house to house seeking alms.

    Poor people go from house to house seeking alms. It is their way of living. Some get lodging in the night but others sleep in a hut on the side of the road. Some of them travel from place to place in donkeys and..
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