School: Caladh na Feirsde (roll number 13481/2)

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1. Signs of Weather (continued)

   

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   go out into the sea there is bad weather, and when they come in there is good weather coming.
   When the wild duck keeps in the dry land there is bad weather. When he swims in the river and fishes there is going to be sunshine.
   When the swan takes shelter in an island in the river there is good weather at hand.

   

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2. Old Cures

   

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   In the old time when a person had consumption his people used to get shell-snails, and cut them up, and give them to the person to eat. In the old times the gizzard of a hen was a cure for a child that had gravel pain.

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   1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
         1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Bridie O Reilly

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Stiall Rua, Co. Chiarraí

   Informant

   Mrs Hannah O Reilly

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   An Stiall Rua, Co. Chiarraí