School: Baile na nGarraidhthe (roll number 13618)
- Location:
- Ballygarries, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: T. Ó Tuairisc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0104, Page 007
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- (continued from previous page)na trí fearsaigthe den rann go béarfadh sé a anam saor as purgadóir."
- Many years ago there lived an old woman near Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, who had a cure for a headache. Many people travelled from far and near to this old woman to get rid of this terrible pain.
The cure was:
She had a tape for measuring and would measure the persons head three times. Each time when measuring she would say: "In the name of the father and the son, and of the Holy Ghost." This old woman would(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Sheridan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocknadrimna, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Mary Merrick
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Hollymount Demesne, Co. Mayo
