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School: An Choill Mhór

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Cuilmore, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Frainc de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0087, Page 92

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    Garlic boiled in milk and the liquor swallowed will cure a cold. Garlic not to be eaten.
    Garlic minced with oats and given to a horse will cure worms.
    Timber tongue - To cure rub coarse salt on it.
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    If any more than three men are digging these graves on Creggán na gCeann some one of the three will have to die.
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    If you go above your ankles in water on Whitsunday you will be drowned.
    On St Martin's Day you must spill blood and make the sign of the cross with it on every door in the home.
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