School: Gort na Díogha (roll number 15587)
- Location:
- Gortnadeeve West, Co. Galway
- Teachers: Séamus Ó Dochartaigh Bean Uí Dhochartaigh
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0016, Page 151
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- XML “Pigs”
- XML “A Mare”
- XML “Worm Knot for Calves”
- XML “Worms in Cattle”
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- (continued from previous page)be wrong to take them back
- a Mare = You are not suppose to put a brood mare under a cart to carry a corpse. Thats over since 1913. this is when the old dispinsation came to an end.
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- This is a cure. These knots are made on the side of the calf and done three times on the name of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost.
I saw my father doing it several times. My father saw them cure worms out in Lincolshire. He saw a farmer getting ready(continues on next page)
