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School: Druim na hAdhairce (roll number 14379)

Location:
Drumnaheark East, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Mhic Robhartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1037, Page 32

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  1. Cures

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    Boiled nettles is a cure for the measles. Bog is a cure for burns. If you get water in a stone without looking for it is a cure for warts. A straining thread is a cure for sprains. The seventh son has a cure for the foul mouth. A cancer plaster is a cure for the cancer.
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  2. A Fairy Story

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    There was a woman and a man in this neighbourhood not a century ago. This woman always wished for fairies to come in [.] One evening in come a fairy girl she gave the woman one wish and the man two
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
    Folktales index
    AT0750A: The Wishes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Isabella Mc Kilvey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Altadoo, Co. Donegal