School: Creatlach (B.)
- Location:
- Cratloe, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Seán Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 052
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- (continued from previous page)Never seen before wash your hand in the water and you wil be cured of warts.
Long ago and still if you went into a house for a drink of water or milk the woman of the house would put salt in the milk before you would get it.
If a child was sick in a house he people say if you put that child under an ass, it would be cured.
In olden days people used to put out a white cloth on St Bridget’s Eve and leave it out al night.
It is said if you get a pain in your head or of any part of you bleeds it is said that this cloth will cure you.
If a child had a disease(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Healy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Ballyliddan West, Co. Clare
