School: Skryne (roll number 1210)
- Location:
- Skreen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Brian Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 309
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- (continued from previous page)N.B The foregoing works, the English equivalent of which I give, were used generally in ordinary conversation with the pronunciations as given.
- Old cures
Dried briar leaves - ie Briar leaves dried over a fire and reduced to powder were considered a cure for a scald.
The white fungus that grown on old stones was used as a poultice for drawing purposes.
The root of dandelion and the leaves boiled in new milk had special curative properties.
Slanus - a weed- used to stop bleeding
Foraban - another weed boiled in water and the water used as a drink had also curative properties. A ball of soot was supposed to cure pain in animals. - Pisterogs
The commonest in the district were:
Red rag on cow to prevent her being overlooked.
Overlooked - Coveted as result of which the animal died.
Butter taken off milk - material used being a ball of yarn
Stray sod - to walk on same at night would lead a person astray. To turn one's coat inside out would correct or guide a person on the right path.
To put a little clay mould in with a setting of eggs for good luck
Burying the sheaf - This was a custom in vogue(continues on next page)
