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School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)

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Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 168

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  1. My Home District (continued)

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    the hollows between the hills, there are small patches of bog. There are no woods in this district, except a few small trees growing here, and there, along the hedges. There is a small river flowing along this townland into the River Inny, which flows into Lough Sheelin.
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  2. A Local Cure

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    The old people around this district of Ballyjamesduff have some means of curing certain kinds of diseases, and here is one of them.
    A "whittle" is a very common sort of disease, and many people around this district who had this disease, have been cured by a man, named Michael Galligan, who lives in the townland of Carn, in the parish of Castlerahan.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Gaffney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Claddagh, Co. Cavan