School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

Location:
Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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    the string in a very dark corner so that no one could see it. After a few minutes he would take out the string and if the knots were lossened {loosened} there were worms in the man or child.
    A man named Micheal Glacken from Bofield went to England. When he was in England a chaff went into his eye. A cousin of his that lived in Bofield made a charm for him, and after she had the charm made she saw the chaff that was in the man's floating in a cup of water, in Bofield.
    When you are walking along the road and if you meet a man riding on a white horse, and if you ask the rider to give you a cure
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Pat Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo