School: An Dubh-Chearn (roll number 9534)
- Location:
- Doochorran, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Bean Mhic an Ríogh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0226, Page 120
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- (continued from previous page)affix the snail to a briar. According as the snail dies the warts disappears. Another cure is to wash the warts in the water found in the hollow of a rock. If somebody gives you a penny and tells you to bury it and never look at it more, your warts will disappear.
If you lift a stray paper on the road and you want to escape wart infection say "warty warty none of mine" and throw the paper away.
Cure of the worms
A lump of sugar which has been salinaled with a few drops of lunpertine taken fasting for nine mornings.
- 1. If a clock starts to go after being stopped for years it is a sign of a death in the family.
2. When a rooster crows at midnight if his feet are found to be warm it is a sign of good luck, but if they are cold somebody in the house is going to die.
3. If a rooster crows in the window of a sick room it is a sign that(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Delaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Doochorran, Co. Leitrim
