School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)
- Location:
- Castlegrove East, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Liam Ó Conaill
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- (continued from previous page)"In darkness" Why does a cow go over the wall "Because she cannot go under it."
How many wells can make a river "No number." A Stem with a hundred coats on it. "A head of cabbage."
As I was walking through a wheat field I met a thing that was good to eat. It was neither bone nor fish flesh not meat and it could walk. "An egg" - Cures
Whooping cough. If you met a man with a white horse and ask him for a cure, and whatever he says will cure the person.
Measles. To stay in bed nine days.
Chicken cough. To stay in bed five days.
Consumption. Fresh air and sun-shine.
Rheumatism. To carry a raw potato in your shirt pocket.
Yellow-yandes. To go out to the well and take in a bucket of water. Then get a pint mug and fill it with water and put a tea-spoon bread soda into it. Take a few spoons of it every four hours. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Maggie Daly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyroe, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Patrick Daly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 64
- Address
- Ballyroe, Co. Galway