School: Conahy (roll number 14364)
- Location:
- Connahy, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Ciarán Ó Riagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 455
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- (continued from previous page)the loan of it or she should get some one else to buy it for her - otherwise the child would die37 A child born after its fathers death is said to have the power of curing certain diseases.38 The seventh successive son in a family is believed to have the power of curing certain diseases and is often nicknamed "doctor".39 Certain children when born are encased in a kind of filament called ____. A portion of this carried by a sea going person ensures that person agains death by drowning. Girls so born are believed to become nuns later in life.40 If a child was sick and was not recovering it was believed that the fairies had put a dying creature in its stead41 It was regarded as unlucky to look over your left shoulder at a new moon42 Some people were supposed to be born with(continues on next page)
