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“The cure for sore wars is the leaf of the woodbine ground in the mouth.”
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Matthew Coghlan, Mr Edmond Howard
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The Schools’ Collection
This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information
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135 results
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“A sprain is cured by rubbing goose grease to the injured joint.”
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Matthew Coghlan, Mr John O' Brien
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“One of the old cures for Rheumatism pains was nettles.”
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Mr John Sampson, Thomas Sampson
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“The cure for chincough was to go out and ask a man with a white horse what would cure the chincough and whatever he said would cure it.”
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Mr William Keating, Thomas Sampson
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“Long ago people had no doctors.”
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Mr Thomas Howard, Patrick Irwin
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“A cure for the creasecollar was to look out for a man riding a white horse and say "man of the white horse what would cure the creasecollar”
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Edmond Galligan, Mr Joseph Manning
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“Long ago people used wear no boots or any stockings.”
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Edmond Galligan, Mr Joseph Manning
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“There is a churchyard situated in the townland of Kilgrogan.”
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Matthew Coghlan, Mr John O' Brien
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“There is a story told about Kilgrogan grave yard.”
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Mr John Sampson, Thomas Sampson
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“Long ago people made candles from rendered fat of all animals and sheep's wool or perhaps withered rushes with the skin taken off at one side were used as wicks.”
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Francis Guiney, Mr J. Moylan
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“Long ago when they were about to make flour they had a round stone with a hollow in the middle and grooves at one side of it”
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Mr T. Tierney, Tony Tierney
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“Long ago it was very hard for people to do anything during the night owing to bad light.”
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Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coghlan
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“When making candles long ago the tallow and all other kinds of fats were rendered in great pots over a roaring fire.”
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Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coghlan
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“They had no matches long ago.”
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Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coghlan
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“If a man was going on a journey and he wanted to light his pipe, he just called into the next house and got a light from the fire.”
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Mr James Irwin, Patrick Irwin
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“Long ago they had a very hardshipping way of making flour”
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Mr John Coghlan, Patrick Irwin
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“Long ago people made their own clothes.”
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Mr John Coghlan, Sam Costelloe
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“About one hundred years ago poor people used to eat potatoes three times a day.”
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Francis Guiney, Mr Con Grady
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“They used to eat stirabout too; this was made from Indian meal boiled with a little salt added.”
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Francis Guiney, Mr Jer Sullivan
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“The "White Boys" were a secret society.”
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Matthew Coghlan, Mr John Coghlan
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