School: Firies (B.) (roll number 15945)
- Location:
- Fieries, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Mainchín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0460, Page 382
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- PishoguesWhen a child gets a sore mouth it could be cured by a person who never saw their father, by blowing his breath three times on a persons mouth before sunrise.
If your bootlace open often it is thought your sweetheart is thinking of you.
If a spoon or a knife falls from you it is meant a disappointment to you
On Hallowens night at twelve o'clock (a) the young ladies peel an apple, having an unbroken peel before a looking-glass your husband's image would stand beside you for a fact.
On St Brigids Eve a stocking or a blue ribbon on a bush is a remedy for a pain in the head(continues on next page)
