School: Gartan (roll number 13755)
- Location:
- Bellville or Gartan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Nóra Ní Dhuibhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1072, Page 333
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- A man named Neil Connaghan, who lived in the townland of Carrowtrasna in the parish of Gartan, but who is now residing in England, can cure a burn. When he was a little boy, he licked a lizard. He had to lift it in his two hands and lick it three times. When this was done, he received the power to cure a burn and will have it until his death.
The person who tries to acquire this power, to heal, runs a great risk because the lizard is likely to jump into the open mouth. If this should happen, he will then have to swallow a great quantity of salt, and lie beside a pool of water till it comes up.
- Collector
- Lizzie Russell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Churchtown, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Charles Russell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Churchtown, Co. Donegal
