Piseogs and potions specially brewed by community school parents

POTIONS and Piseogs, which is a collection of remedies, cures and tales from Kilrush and surrounding areas was launched in Kilrush Community School last Thursday.
The booklet was produced by a group of parents of pupils who attend Kilrush Community School.
The publication contains dozens of old remedies such as, dabbing a sting with vinegar or that putting meat on a sting or an insect bite, cures it.
Coughs can also be aided by downing a white egg beaten stiff and adding two tablespoons of brown vinegar. Another cure for a cough involves eating the white of an egg mix with whiskey and vinegar.
Some of the piseogs include the revelation that if you shiver for no reason, someone is walking on your grave and that if a woman’s apron falls open, it’s a sign that someone is talking about her. Also if you hear the sound of fairies or a sound that you cannot explain, you should turn your jacket inside out and you should never walk on or interfere with a fairy fort.
The group was facilitated by Ger Rush, home school liaison co-ordinator, Kilrush Community School, homeopath Clare Sheehan, Caroline Wilson, Ann Knox and Mary Flanagan.
“Traditions, superstitions, concoctions and cures were gathered by members of the group from senior members of their various communities,” Ger Rush explained in a foreword in the booklet.
“They interviewed these wise people and collected and recorded their memories and experiences,” she added.
On February 1, the group visited St Brigid’s Well in Liscannor.
“We brought away water from the well and pieces of ‘Brat Bride’ believed by many to have healing powers,” Ger Rush said. 
The12-page publication also includes features on how best do deal with the onset of arthritis. The booklet was funded by Clare VEC Family Learning.