School: Réidhleán (Measctha), Áth an Chóiste
- Location:
- Rylane, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Mícheál Ó Buachalla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0343, Page 271
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- (continued from previous page)because when both ends are pulled the cord comes clear. I can make this. This process is performed nine times over the calf which whoever often dies. In former times, a broken leg was cured thus. A doctor would stand on a height, and the person with the broken leg would lie on the ground beneath, and the doctor would pour ointment on the broken leg.
- People known as tinkers travel around my district, usually spending a night or two in every house. But many of them sleep in caravans. People leave them sleep in sheds and outhouses."They deal in horses, asses, and mules"
And they beg from the people, and call them fools.
They are happy go-lucky from day to day
And the mattres they lie on is a wisp of hay(continues on next page) - Collector
- Dan Sexton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knocknagoun, Co. Cork
