School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Caisleán an Chomair (roll number 10835)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   bleeding out of the head. The following people are often called upon to say the prayer. Garry Kavanagh Skehana, Mrs. Kealy
   Skehana Rd. Mr, J. Ryan Skehana Rd. and my Daddy has it too. A man has to say it for a girl and a woman has to say it for a boy. A man must pass the prayer to a woman and a woman must pass it to a man. If they told the prayer to everybody it would do no good. If the person who reads the prayer has no belief in its power it would do no good.
   The cure fore a hiccough is to place yourself in the Chapel and think of the Raising of the Host for two minutes.

   

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Maureen Ryan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Chatsworth Street, Co. Kilkenny

   Informant

   Mr Michael Ryan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Chatsworth Street, Co. Kilkenny