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School: Gort na mBó (roll number 14418)

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Bofield, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Tadhg Ó Laoghaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0128, Page 90

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    by bringing the people that have the leicneach into the pigsty, and saying some words. The people that would have the leicneach would be cured, and the pigs would take the disease.
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  2. The Fields

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    names of fields = Páirc na Stille,
    Gáirne Scieths, Sean Bhalla, Cluan na Gor, Talamh Cheallaigh, Teach na Bracha, Cnoc an Dúinín, Caithín, Spínteán.
    Why they were called these names. = Páirc na Stille was called that name because a river is flowing through it. Gáirne Sceithe is called that name because there was a tree growing in the middle of it one time.
    In Sean Bhalla there was a house
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Collector
    Kathleen Flannelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Flannelly
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Bofield, Co. Mayo