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School: Cloonty

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Cloonty, Co. Leitrim
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Michael Mac Gowan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 231

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    The seventh son of a family was said to be a doctor. He could cure the ringworm.
    If a person had a wart on his finger the cure for it was, when he would get a stone with a hole full of water in it, to rub the wart three times with the water.
    If a person's right eye was itchy it was the sign that he was going to cry.
    If his left eye was itchy it was a sign that he was to laugh.
    Iron was said to be lucky. When hatching eggs iron was put in the nest along with them.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie M. Gallagher
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolagraffy, Co. Sligo