School: Cromadh (B.)
- Location:
- Croom, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Ceanntabhail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0507, Page 447
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“A somewhat similar tale is told of one of the Croker's of Ballinagarde.”
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“A child who is born after his father's death is able when grown to cure the chin-cough.”
A child who is born after his father's death is able, when grown up to cure the chin-cough (Whooping cough). All he has to do is breathe into the mouth of the person who has the cough. (Re? - C.C.) (no title)
“You should never turn the child's face to the wall, i.e. in a cradle or pram.”
You should never turn the child's face to the wall, i.e. in a cradle or pram (Because if the child took ill in any unusual way, i.e. if any bad or evil thing went by it, you wouldn't be able to know. (M?) C___ ___) (no title)
“One of the last of the Crokers in Ballinagarde, being a magistrate, had occasion in one of his magisterial settings to sentence one - Kiely to a month's imprisonment.”
This isn't folklore in the accepted sense,but it is in an implied manner:One of the last of the Crokers in Ballinagarde, being a magistrate, had occasion in one of his magisterial sittings to sentence one - Kiely to a month's imprisonment. Some time later, a good many years later, Kiely was in a public house in Grange (Near Lough Gur, and was in good humour. He evidently had been haymaking and was taking a drink or two or maybe three after his work. somebody announced by way of news(continues on next page)