School: Drom Clúmhach (Dromclogh) (roll number 16246)
- Location:
- Dromclogh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Riobárd Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0282, Page 362
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- (continued from previous page)cut he or she will never get any sickness really bad.
123. To cure a person of wild fire write the name of the person about the affected place
124. "Meacan-dá-thogha" roasted and put up to a boil cures the boil.
125. To rub a fasting spit (i.e. spittle of a person who is fasting) to a wart every morning for mine consecutive mornings takes away the wart.
126. Two hens fighting in the evening is sign of a funeral
127. It is lucky to keep a thing for seven years.
128. It is unlucky for a fisherman to meet a foxy woman in the morning
129. To break a state or mirror brings bad luck
130. It is unlucky to return borrowed salt
131. When returning a gallon or vessel in which "beastings" was given as a present one should always put salt in the bottom of the vessel.
