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 269
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- (continued from previous page)under a stone as the gizzard decays the warts decay also.
Sweet milk is a cure for heart-burn.
A dog's lick is a cure for a sore.
If you find a star that fell it is a cure for a burn.
If some person gives you something that you don't ask for, it is a cure for the hiccough.
- If we see a star falling we should say "Heaven, heaven, heaven". Then we should make a wish for whatever we like, and we will get it.
Before we start to churn we should put a pinch of salt and blessed water in it. To keep away witchcraft.
We should not sweep the flags after sun-set.
If you sweep the floor out by the door you are sweeping the luck out of the house.
It is not right to put out the ashes on May morning.
It is not right to clean the byre(continues on next page) - Collector
- Rose Agnes Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- John Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Fahykeen, Co. Donegal
