School: Derreenargan
- Location:
- Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Pádhraic Ó Fionnáin
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- (continued from previous page)A local remedy for acute indigestion is to drink a cupful of fresh buttermilk, if it is available, before you have your morning repast.
- The following are some local superstitious beliefs and are known locally as 'pisreóga'.
It is believed locally that if you hear a "dead-bell" tinkling in your ear a relation of yours will pass away to eternity immediately.
Superstitious people believe that if you feel a burning sensation in your left ear somebody is talking good about you, but if you feel a warm sensation in your right ear somebody is backbiting you.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Josephine Molloy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreenargan, Co. Roscommon