School: Carra
- Location:
- Carha, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: P. Ó Tonra
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- (continued from previous page)Dust in the eyesThere are two cures for dust in the eyes. One of them is to turn the eyelid with a pencil, and the other one is to go to some woman who has the cure. She takes a mouthful of spring water, and keeps in her breath for a certain length of time, and says some prayers. After that she throws out the water, and it is said that the dust appears in the water. The person is then cured. The person that makes the charm, whoever it is, never tells the prayers that are said. There are not many people that know the cure on account of that. If they told it, they would be afraid that any of their animals would die.
- Wild Fire.Spit in the ashes and rub it on it or rub ink on it.Dust in the eye.Ellen Reape, Dooeighnery, Castle Connor, is able to take the dust out of your eye by taking(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tony Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dooyeaghny or Cloonloughan, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Pat Fliming
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dooyeaghny or Cloonloughan, Co. Mayo
