School: An Choill Mhór (roll number 1672)
- Location:
- An Choill Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: “An Paorach”
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Cure for Chin Cough :-
Give milk to a ferret and what it leaves behind make the patient drink.
Assessment milk is good also Badger Soup.
Nettle Soup is good for measles
Pain in the back wear hare's skin next patients skin
Foul Mouth- One whose father died ere he was born breathes thrice in the mouth of the affected person.
Ringworm cured by the seventh son in unbroken line who touches the part affectedWeather signs:-
Red sky in the west means wild tough weather
A red sky in the east is a sign of rain.
If a dog eats grease is is a sign of a change in the weather
If a cat scratch a tree it will be wild
A mackerel sky in the afternoon is a sign of rain.
If a cow shake herself when evacuating it is a sign of bad weather
- Collector
- Thomas Moylett
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- An Choill Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Informant
- Moylett
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Address
- An Choill Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Red sky in the west means wild tough weather
A red sky in the east is a sign of rain.
If a dog eats grease is is a sign of a change in the weather
If a cat scratch a tree it will be wild
A mackerel sky in the afternoon is a sign of rain.
If a cow shake herself when evacuating it is a sign of bad weather(continues on next page)
