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School: Carron / Carthan (roll number 7573)

Location:
Carran, Co. Clare
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Muirthille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0616B, Page 15_033

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  1. Marriages (continued)

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    Saturday the worst day of all. It is unlucky to meet a red haired woman on the road when going to the church to get married.
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  2. Cures

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    Warts: The cure for a wart is to steel a piece of meat and to bury it in a manure heap.
    Chin cough: A ferrets leavings.
    Burn: To lick a lizard.
    Headache: To put a ribbon out on a bush on Saint Brigid's night and to put it around your head.
    Rhuematism: To get a herb called Turkey weed and to boil it and drink the juice.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Colgan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rannagh East, Co. Clare