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School: Ráth Bhán (roll number 15996)

Location:
Rathbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Ss Ó Donnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0149, Page 081

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    have pains people make the worm-knot three times on the animals back. They will be cured then.
    Sometimes it happens that farmers lose a lot of animals by some disease. To prevent the death of too many the farmers cuts off and keeps the feet off the fourth animal that dies. This they say prevents any further deaths for the time.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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