School: Cnoc Cairn, Imleach Iubhair (roll number 10731)

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Knockcarron, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Dúthaigh
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    In thatched country farmhouses, a little plant called a "toirpín" is always placed over the door and set in a cow-dung...

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      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Duhig
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Emly, Co. Tipperary
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    People say that murderers used be placed face-downwards in the coffin so that they could never rise again.

    People say that murderers used be placed face-downwards in the coffin so that they could never rise again.
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    Bats rapping at windows portend that someone of the inmates is about to die.

    Bats rapping at windows portend that someone of the inmates is about to die.
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