School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)
- Location:
- Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 268
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- XML “Signs of the Weather”
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- 1) If there is a black smoke out of the train it betokens rain
2) If there is a ring round the moon, a storm is at hand.
- Collector
- Maureen Mc Cormick
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Andrew Mc Cormick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Glenkeeragh, Co. Donegal
- There is a man named Willie Kennedy he lives in Castlereagh. He has a cure for a sore throat. This is a secret which is handed down from one member of a family to another.
There is a man in Fahykeen his name is Charley Doherty he has a cure for the mumps and whooping - cough. This is also a secret.
There is a cure for warts to take the gizzard of a hen and put it(continues on next page)
