School: Baile Dháithí, Dunlavin
- Location:
- Davidstown, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Róisín Bhreathnach
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- (continued from previous page)stocking, put around the throat.
(b) When you are going to bed, the stocking you take off your left leg, lap it round your throat.
(c) Put a spoonful of black-currant jam in a glass filled with hot water, and drink it before going to bed.17. "Sty" on the eye:-
(a) Point a wedding ring at it, three times, making the Sign of the Cross each time. This to be repeated for three days.
(b) Point a gooseberry thorn at it three times, making the Sign of the Cross each time.
- Informant
- Mr Arthur Hanlon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 46
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Knockaderry, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mr Michael Kelly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 61
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Snugborough, Co. Wicklow
- Informant
- Mr Thomas Lambert
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Coolamaddra, Co. Wicklow
