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School: Teampall Mhuire

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Carbad Beg, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0144, Page 371

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    Anything the rose comes on it's how that part swells, in a lump and gets red. If it's not cured during the moon it will come on, it will come on again with the new moon, It would be better to get the charm made during the moon, it would come on.
    The person who wants the charm brings a bit of unsalted butter, to the person who makes the charm, then he prays over it, and makes the charm.
    The person that has the charm home with him, should not go in to any house, or he'd leave the cure of the charm after him. When he comes home he rubs it on the affected part.
    The charm is made on three days, Monday, Thursday, and Monday,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. erysipelas (~99)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Hale
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Forde
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Mayo