School: Baile Dubh, (C.) (roll number 15541)
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Waterford
- Teacher: Bríd, Bean Uí Dhriaghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0634, Page 507
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- (continued from previous page)house. It was left there till that day twelve months and it was great to cure sore mouths, sore eyes, sore lips, sore tits in cows, sore mouths in lambs and thrush in children.
Brídín méid a h-inide
Brat Brighide :- It was and is an old irish custom on the eve of St. Brigid to put straw at the door to welcome St. Brigid to the door and no sickness was supposed to enter that house for the year.
If any wearable of a person, as a man's gallows, or any article of clothing is put out on that night and applied to a sick headache, it will cure it and it is also splendid for curing backache. This article is also spread over a hen that is hatching and it keeps the hen on the eggs,
Or if a mare does not take with its foal, spread it over the two of them and they will take with one another again.
Or put it down on geese that would not be hatching and it helps them to hatch well and every egg will be successful.
- Collector
- Helen Forde
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Garrison, Co. Waterford
- Informant
- Mr John Walshe
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Coolishal, Co. Waterford
