School: Tiobraid Árann (B.) (roll number 1285)
- Location:
- Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Floinn
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“The old people had a lot of customs...”
(continued from previous page)The old people used call a fool of a person a "gombon".(no title)
“This is an old cure that old people had for curing corn.”
This is an old cure that the old people had for curing corn. Get a large potatoe and put a hole in it. Then get a bit of washing soda and put it into the hole.
After some time the soda would melt and mix with the juice of the potatoe and they would rub that to their corn.(no title)
“A crowing hen is seldom seen and the old people had a belief that if you kept one...”
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- Billy Moloney
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mrs Cavanagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Tipperary, Co. Tipperary