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School: Scoil an Chlochair, Bunclody

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Bunclody, Co. Wexford
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0892, Page 043

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  3. XML “A Cure for a Sty on the Eye”
  4. XML “The Caileach's Bit”

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  1. A Cure for a Sty on the Eye (continued)

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    cure is to get a withered gooseberry thorn and make the Sign of the Cross three times while you prick the sty which will soon disappear that is a real cure for a sty. Others say that the sty should not be pricked with the thorn but that the thorn should be pointed towards the sty through a gold ring.
    Una Roberts, Carrigduff, Bunclody
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. The Caileach's Bit

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    The Caileach's Bit
    The Caileach's Bit is the piece of meat with which the old people fried the pancakes on Shrove Tuesday night. It is hung up on a certain nail and it is kept and used to cure all sorts of diseases during the year. If a person has a sore they should rub it with the "Caileach's Bit" and it would go away.
    People of this district do not eat meat on St. Stephen's day, because they say it preserves them from sickness during the year.
    Elizabeth Kavanagh, Gurteen.
    Materials obtained from
    Mr. Phelim Kavanagh
    Gurteen.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    3. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elizabeth Kavanagh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr Phelim Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gorteen, Co. Wexford