1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Cluain Catha

School: Cluain Catha (roll number 16291)

Location:
Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
Teachers:
Dll. Ó Módhráin Ss. Mac Eoghain
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 421

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 421

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Cluain Catha
  2. XML Page 421
  3. XML “Local Cures”
  4. XML “The Lore of Certain Days”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Cures (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    if a child was born on the 14th of May he was supposed to be harmless.
    There is a holy well in Cloonadra, near Lanesboro. People used to go around this well on stations.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. The Lore of Certain Days

    Share Share Post
    There are many days which are supposed to be lucky for giving cures for ailments such as heart-aches, head-aches, ring-worm, cancer and jaundice.
    Monday and Thursday are two days of the week which are supposed to be lucky for giving cures for heart-aches, ring-worm, and the jaundice.
    People do not wish to begin work such as ploughing, house building and changing from one house
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Una Collins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clooncah, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Margaret Cuffe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    65
    Address
    Clooncah, Co. Roscommon