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School: Skryne (roll number 1210)

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Skreen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian Mac Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 384

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    1. If you meet a red-haired woman on the road in the morning you will have bad luck for the rest of the day.
    2. If you break a looking glass you will have seven years bad luck.
    3. If you hit anyone with an Elder stick he will never grow any bigger.
    4. If you walk on a rath at midnight you will hear delph rattling.
    5. If the fire goes out in the morning you will have bad luck.
    6. A person who never saw his father has the cure of a sore mouth.
    7. The rough side of a cabbage or ivy leaf will draw any badness out of cuts, and the smooth side will heal them.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick O Brien
    Gender
    Male