School: Naas (Mercy Convent) (roll number 15040)
- Location:
- Naas, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 404
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- A Baby should never be left ungaurded, but if it must be left, a person should walk around the cradle with a burning coal or make a circle around the child with a lighted match, because the fairies cannot go beyond a fire-circle.
In sickness turn the patient's bed north and south, the head to the north, and the patient will recover sooner.
The touch of a seventh son's hand will cure a mad dog's bite.
Stick a crooked pin in the coat of a person who is going out to play cards, and that person will be lucky in his play.
For a bleeding wound, say:-
"Blessed be the name of the man, who spear split the heart of the saviour.
Good what came out of the heart,
Blood, wine & clear water.
Father, Son & Holy Ghost come.
Help to stop the flowing blood.
Then pray that the wound may be healed and so it will be
- Collector
- Marjorie Osborne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cradockstown Road, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Jack Osborne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cradockstown Road, Co. Kildare
