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School: Clochar

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Clogher, Co. Mayo
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M. Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 150

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    “The 14th of August this year (1938) was as fine a day as ever came ...”

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    the stones into the sea ".
    "Maybe" said I " the tide washed them in again! "
    "Maybe so" said Tommie " for the old people say there were bad spirits in them."
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    What follows I gathered together in Louisburg on Holidays in August.
    There were until lately two persons living in Louisburg "who had cures"(this being the usual expression). One is dead now and his secret is dead with him.
    These cures consisted of plasters they made themselves chiefly of herbs, generally mixed with butter or 'Goose-grease'. But the precise formula is the secret of those who have the cures. "They are the sole repositories of their secrets and they shall die with them."
    These Louisburg cures were for
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Gealbháin
    Gender
    Male