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School: Kilcullen (Convent) (roll number 11806)

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Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0780, Page 327

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    light-headed, and if its finger-nails are cut it will be light-fingered. If its a baby boy its bad to let it cry too much it tends towards inward convulsions.
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    If a baby is crying very much a red cinder is taken out of the fire, and placed in a cup of hot water, - then the water is given to the child to drink - afterwards the child usually goes to sleep.
    The 18th May is considered a lucky day on which to be born, and the 13th May is an unlucky date.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. birth (~49)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Anna Coleman
    Gender
    Female