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School: Cill Laichtín, An Caisleán Nua

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Killaghteen, Co. Limerick
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Nioclás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0489, Page 073

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  1. Cures

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    The old people used to have great belief in their fasting spit to cure anything.
    If a person was sick the people would bring an old woman into the house to set a charm.
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  2. A Charm

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. charms (~104)
      2. poetry
        1. folk poetry (~9,504)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Hanly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Barnagh, Co. Limerick