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School: Cluainteach (roll number 10329)

Location:
Cloontagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Garaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0756, Page 006

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  3. XML “Charms and Prayers and Cures - A Cure for Pimples and Cuts”
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  1. Charms and Prayers and Cures - A Cure for Pimples and Cuts

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    Get some of robin-round-the hedge and put it in a pot and boil it. Then you have the sap that was in it taken out. Pour it on the cut and it will heal very quickly. For the pimples take a spoonful each morning and they will vanish.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. cuts and wounds (~41)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomás Mac Cliontún
    Gender
    Male

  2. Signs

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    For strangers coming:
    A straw from a hen's tail
    A coal to fall from a fire
    For ill-luck:
    To meet a red-haired woman.
    To have a crowing hen.
    To have unplanted a portion of ground prepared for crop.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English