School: Clún na Gaoithe (roll number 8740)

Location:
Cloongee, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Héaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0125, Page 432

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0125, Page 432

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  1. If a person gets a bite from a dog he should go back to that dog and pull a few ribs out of him and tie it round the wound and if that does not cure it the dog has to be killed. There is an old saying about this if a dog goes mad and the person he bites will go mad too.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Dunleavy
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ummoon, Co. Mayo