School: Ardcath (roll number 1903)

Location:
Ardcath, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Seosamh S. Ó Duinnithín
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    A hairy maggot sewn up in red flannel and hung about the neck cures Whooping Cough.

    You should never go through a door or dwelling or outhouse with a tool on your shoulder.
    If you throw your leg over a child it will stop his growth.
    Vinegar put on a sprain will cure it.
    A cobweb put on a cut will stop the bleeding.
    When a tooth falls out bless yourself with it and cast it over the left shoulder.
    If two friends wash hands in the same basin of water they will have a quarrel.
    It is lucky to slip your engagement ring on a babie's finger on the day it is baptised.
    Pull off your shoe when you hear the cuckoo. The hair if any on the sole of it will turn the colour of your future partner's hair.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    P. Harford