School: Bailieboro (Model)

Location:
Bailieborough, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
A. Ó Dubhda
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    10. If you rub a sting of a bee with ink it would cure it.
    11. A cure for a burn is to rub it well with soap.
    12. A cure for a corn is to boil ivy leaves and put it on it.
    13. To rub a stone on a lump and then wet the stone the lump would go down immediately.
    14. If you drink donkey's milk it would cure bronchitis.
    15. The sap of a dock is good for the sting of a nettle
    Mr C McCartney,
    Pottle
    Bailieborough
    Co.Cavan
    Local wedding customs
    Marriages frequently take place before lent and advent.
    Some people prefer the month of June and September.
    The bride thinks it lucky to have something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue on her wedding day as it is an old custom.
    Another custom is when the couple is
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  2. Marriages frequently take place before lent and advent.
    Some people prefer the month of June and September.
    The bride thinks it lucky to have something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue on her wedding day as it is an old custom.
    Another custom is when the couple is
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
          1. marriage (~4,283)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs T.R. Coote
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lisnalea, Co. Cavan