School: Bloomhill
- Location:
- Cloncraff or Bloomhill, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Nic Annraoi
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0812, Page 413
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- (continued from previous page)The willie-wagtail betrayed our Lord and is disliked on that account. The swan would die of pride only her feet and bill are black. If you kill a swallow or rob its nest, the cow will give blood instead of milk.
- Local Cures.
Pain in side: -
If a person takes a pain in his side when going on a journey he will be cured immediately if he takes up a Stone from the ground, licks it and throws it away again.
Pain in Stomach: -
A good cure is to sit with one's back to the fire.
Toothache: -
Apply candle grease to bad tooth. Another cure is to lick a frogs' head.
Burned tongue: -
Lick a dardaoil's stomach.
Stye on Eye: -
Pick nine gooseberry thorns and point them at the eye one by one and then throw them over the right shoulder.
If a tooth falls out always throw it over the(continues on next page)
