School: Inistioge (C.) (roll number 5319)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máire de Róiste
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 258
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- (continued from previous page)Why is a waiter like a race horse.
Because he runs for plates, cups and stakes.What is the last thing you do before you get into bed.
Take your feet off the ground.Twenty sick sheep went out in a gap, one died and how many came back.
Nineteen.What is one half the moon like.
The other half.What would make more noise then one pig under a gate.
Two pigs.
- March-Mallow is an old cure for sprains and bruses.
Broom is an old cure for to take worms off man and beast.
Comefry was used for sprains which is also an old cure for broken bones.
The root of rib grass was used to cure cuts.
To cure consumption people used the dandelion and skutch grass.
It a person got a cut a cobwed was put on it to cure it(continues on next page) - Collector
- Bridie Kirwan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr Millar
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
