School: Kilcoskan, The Ward

Location:
Kilcoskan, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
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    don't kill a clock before he crosses the road they say it will rain. If you put a hairy maggot down the back of a person who has the whooping cough they will be cured. If you kill a Dard Daoils before he cocks his tail at you, you will get rid of seven sins of your soul. A snail can cure a boil if it is put to it. The shell bursts it and the snail draws the boil. A snail is supposed to cure warts also. If you kill a spider it is sure to rain. If you don't it won't rain. If a moth flies the way you go you are going to have a letter
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      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
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