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School: Mullach Airlinne (roll number 1173)

Location:
Mullagharlin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Ss. Mac Siúrdáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0663, Page 028

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    are driven into a pig-stye with ass's winkers on them it will cure them.
    People called McElroy have got the cure of erysipolas [?]. A dock is a cure for a sting of a nettle.
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  2. The Lore of Certain Days

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    There are people who had certain days for doing things and nothing would make them change. Friday is a lucky day for planting crops out also for ploughing and harrowing. People when they are going to live in a new house move on Friday, as Friday is the luckiest day of the week.
    The luckiest day for getting married on is a Wednesday as the little rhyme says; Monday for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday is the best day of all,
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Breege Jordan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Haggardstown, Co. Louth