(gan teideal) “Long ago people wouldn't leave their children in the house by themselves for the fear fairies would take them away or bewitch them, so that they would not grow any bigger...” CBÉS 1027 Mrs Leonard, Tom Leonard Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Once upon a time there was a man living in a little house in Donegal. He had no wife or children and he thought it would be a good idea for him to look for a wife..” CBÉS 1027 Mrs Leonard, Tom leonard Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Long ago people had many cures. A cure for a wart was to cut nine slices of potato and to rub them on the wart saying :- In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen...” CBÉS 1027 Mrs Leonard, Tom Leonard Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “On most houses in Ireland there grows a little green plant called house-leek. This is supposed to be a cure for a corn...” CBÉS 1027 Mrs Leonard, Tom Leonard Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Long ago the people thought that if you had a "Death Nip" on your leg you would hear about the death of somebody you knew very well...” CBÉS 1027 Mrs Leonard, Tom Leonard Tras-scríbhinn
(gan teideal) “Long ago people had many old cures. A cure for the whooping-cough was to go to the house of a man and woman of the same name before they were married and get bread from them...” CBÉS 1027 Mrs Leonard, Tom Leonard Tras-scríbhinn