Abstract: Story collected by a student at Bailieboro (Model) school (Bailieborough, Co. Cavan) from informant Mr C. Mc Cartney.
Original reference: 1011/2/4
School Bailieboro (Model) [Vol. 1011, Chapter 0002]
County The Schools' Manuscript Collection : County Cavan Schools
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1. A cure for a toothache is to rub mustard behind your ear. 2. A man that never saw his father has the cure of the dirty mouth. 3. To cure measles boil nettles and drink the water. 4. A cure for hiccough is to swallow your spit three times without drawing your breath. 5. The cure for a sprain is a little piece of goose grease, sometimes called ''goosesame'' 6. The cure for chillblains is to rub a piece of an onion on them. 7. If you pointed a gooseberry thorn on a stye it would cure it. 8. If you got milk that a ferret had licked it would cure whooping cough. 9. A cure for a wart is to rub a snail on it and then hang the snail on a bush.
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54 10. If you rub a sting of a bee with ink it would cure it. 11. A cure for a burn is to rub it well with soap. 12. A cure for a corn is to boil ivy leaves and put it on it. 13. To rub a stone on a lump and then wet the stone the lump would go down immediately. 14. If you drink donkey's milk it would cure bronchitis. 15. The sap of a dock is good for the sting of a nettle Mr C McCartney, Pottle Bailieborough Co.Cavan Local wedding customs Marriages frequently take place before lent and advent. Some people prefer the month of June and September. The bride thinks it lucky to have something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue on her wedding day as it is an old custom. Another custom is when the couple is
Original reference: 1011/2/4
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