School: Gort na Gaoithe (roll number 14218)
- Location:
- Tóin le Gaoith, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: M. Ó Lócháin
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- (continued from previous page)the door it is the sign of bad weather. If the bog lark sings it is a 'good' sign of good weather. If the cuckoo sings with a clear voice it is a sign of good weather or if she has a coarse voice it is a sign of bad wet weather. The only bird I heard of connected with the life of our Saviour is the robin. It is said that when he was cursfied the robin came and that to pull the nails and a drop of his precious blood fell on the robins breast and from that he is called robin red breast.
- Crowfoot which is a very commonly growing herb is an old cure for rheumatism.
The herb is boiled and rubbed of the ailing parts.
The juice of dandeloin is an old cure for a pain.
Garlic another herb like an onion is a cure for ringworm.
A cure given by the old people for the whooping cough is to eat the food(continues on next page)- Collector
- Maudie Clarke
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- An Baile Nua, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Informant
- Mrs Clarke
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Baile Nua, Co. na Gaillimhe