School: Ballyjamesduff Convent
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Sr. Mary Theresa
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- (continued from previous page)thought to be cured. It was supposed that a black snail rubbed to a wart would cure it, if the snail were hung on a bush and left to decay, when it decayed the wart was cured. A person suffering from a pain in the back employed some one to walk on his back
People visited holy wells to get relief from sore eyes.
- Many old people remember the famine times. It was caused chiefly by the failure of the potatoes. The Irish people had to eat Indian meal and grass.
It was said there was a man named John O'Reilly living at the New Inns who used to supply the poor people porridge. There was a(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maggie Brady
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corracarrow, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Hugh Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Corracarrow, Co. Cavan
