School: Cnapach
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- Knappagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. Ó Hionruaidh
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- (continued from previous page)the rickets, but I don't know what cure he uses. A cap platted from ivy is a (cap) cure for the rickets if the person wears it until he gets better.
A man can give a woman a cure, but neither a man nor a woman can give a cure to persons of their own sex. - In every locality there are some old marriage customs about lucky days or something. An old verse is:-
Monday for heath,
Tuesday for weath,
Wednesday the best day of all,
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses.
And Saturday no luck at all.
Matchmaking was very common in olden days, a man would take a companion with him to the girls home. He would ask the father for his daughter. If the father consented he would give him a bottle of whiskey (or stout). Then(continues on next page)