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School: Clochar

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Clogher, Co. Mayo
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M. Ó Gealbháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095, Page 63

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    Thomas McHale of Belcarra died last year (1937) aged 86 years. He was a weaver. He always had a quantity of the Sprain thread ready in the house. If a person sprained an ankle or anything, that person would go to Thomas and say "Thomas I got a hurt," but never ask him for the thread. Or somebody else would go instead of him: but in no circumstance must the thread be asked for.
    Thomas would understand, and give him a piece of the sprain thread. That piece of thread would be tied round the hurt limb, and the limb would get alright. It was only a piece of the wool-thread that the weaver used in to the loom.
    Pieces of the sprain thread have often
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sprains (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Micheál Ó Gealbháin
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Mc Hale
    Gender
    Male