School: An Bealach, Crosaire an Ghúlaigh (roll number 1131)

Location:
Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Diarmuid Mac Fhloinn
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  1. Rub a charge of gun powder and a glass of vinegar into a bottle, shake mixture and apply to the ringworm twice daily.
    On Patrick morning the head of the house puts a hazel stick in the fire and quenches it then in water and with the blackened stick makes a cross on the shoulder of each member of the family
    On May Eve
    A branch of may pole tree (rowan tree) used be stuck in the thatch and also in each different crop.
    Suppose to happen about the end of 18th century.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.