School: St Brigid's, Castleknock
- Location:
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mrs Thornton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0790, Page 227
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- (continued from previous page)sun. They wore no hats only shoes on their heads and they wore no shoes except when going into Chapel.
When a hen sits in front of you cackling, there some one in the house going to die.
- A roasted onion in a silk stocking is good for a sore throat.
Hot milk and stirabout is a sure for a pain in your stomach.
For a boil the juice of an elder stick is a cure.
A cure for a pain in your head is holy water in a white handkerchief. - Collector
- Kathleen Stokes
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 10
- Address
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Plunkett
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- Over 70
- Address
- Castleknock, Co. Dublin
Story
“Once there was a minister living here....”
Once there was a minister living here with his two sons. He resinged afterwards.
He got a pair of trousers made. When the trousers were made he sent Paul up for them and coming home he put a plant in them.
When the minister saw the plant he knew there was going to be a death in the village and it was his wife that died shortly afterwards.
