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School: Lathaigh (Laghey)

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Laghy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Proinsias Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 112

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  1. Cure for a Sore Throat

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    The person that make the cure for a somes [?] sore throat put it lying on the ground between two stools one at their head and one at their feet. Then the person that makes it gets a bit of a stick and hits the stool at their feet three shot in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
      2. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sore throat (~69)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Eddie Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 55
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal

  2. A Craft

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    Long ago spades were manufactured at home. The spade shafts were made by men who lived around this locality. Then these shafts were taken to the foundary in Garrick.
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    History Edit