School: Ros na Cathrach (roll number 12685)
- Location:
- Rossnacaheragh, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Dd. Ó Muimhneacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0286, Page 076
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- (1).
A sop seen attached to a hen is a sign of a funeral.
(2)
Three lights in a house invite a wake.
(3)
A cock crowing during the day (evening) or in the middle of the night is a sign of a wake or death.
(4)
A donkey braying at night is a sign that a tinker has passed away.
(5)
Cure for Mumps (Plucamus):-
Sheep’s dropping boiled with milk served with milk
(6).
(a) Cure for Measles:-
Serve a ferret with milk and give remainder to patient
(7)
(b) Cure for Mumps:-
Tie a piece of meacain-dá-abha to a dog’s tail and let him drag it; then have it boiled with water and served.
(8)
(c ) Cure for Whooping-Cough:-
Pass child under a donkey from right to left three times. (also by some people while saying In the name of the Father etc.)(9)
Magpies are Omens:
One for sorrow(continues on next page)
