School: Curry (C.) (roll number 12067)
- Location:
- Curry, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chaomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0619
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- (1) When an ass brays it is the sign that a tinker is dying.
(2) When a fork falls it is the sign that a tinker will enter the house.
(3) The first one the cat looks at, after washing his face, is the first to die.
(4) Lily of the valley water is a cure for the gout.
(5) Ferrit's leavings is a cure for the measels.
(6) If you steal a piece of meat and rub it on a corn without them known it, it will cure it.
(7) Black tea, is a cure for a sore eye.
(8) If you have a burn and hold it in front of the fire, and draw it away quickly, it will heal it.
(9) Twenty-one magpies are the sign of a marriage.
(10) When a young handsome child dies it is said that the fairies took it.
(11) It is not right to cut a tree in a fort, but if it is necessary to do so, you must leave(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Caitlín Ní Cheallaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Annie Hugh
- Gender
- Female
