School: The Vale (An Gleann)
- Location:
- Leiter, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Brolcháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1010, Page 343
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- (continued from previous page)The smoke inclined to come back down the chimney.
The crane flying towards the bog.
Stars Falling.
Signs of heat:
Lightning in the north in Summer.
Clouds in the east obscuring the sun.
Clocks creeping on the road.
Flies flying thickly in the evening.
- Wildfire: The wild fire is a rash on the skin, it is cured with a coal and a special prayer.Whooping cough: The cure for a whooping cough is to go to a married couple of the same surname. Ask for three charities such as tea, sugar, or bread, bring them home and give them to a child that has a whooping cough three times a day.The dirty mouth: A person that never saw his or her father has the cure for the dirty mouth. The person about to make the cure must go fasting to the patient. He must breathe into the persons mouth and say some special prayers. Strain: Rub the persons arm or leg three times and while rubbing it say some prayers.Stye: Pluck a branch of a gooseberry bush with ten thorns on it. Take one thorn off and leave the other nine on. The nine that are left point them to the stye every morning saying "In the name of the Father and(continues on next page)
