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School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)

Location:
Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 247

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    on a bush and when the maggot dies the wart will go.
    The milk of dandeline also cures warts.
    Tinora cures a corn.
    Bread and water cures a sore eye.
    Dandeline gives a person his appetite.
    The tránien is a cure consumption.
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  2. THe Monument Bush

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    There is a monument bush in Killcollin. Two men were coming home from a fair and they were drunk. They were in a car and as they were passing a field called the Faha, which is near a Bossien, the horse took fright and bounded in the ditch
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    J. Moran
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny