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School: Donabate (C.)

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Donabate, Co. Dublin
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Bean Mhic Alasdair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0789, Page 340

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0789, Page 340

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    “Travelling folk or tinkers are not too numerous in the place.”

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    were camped at Roscall a few miles from Donabate. A great storm came and overturned their caravan. A lighted lamp set it on fire. In the morning their charred bodies were found. Guard Boyle from Lusk said a statue of the Sacred Heart they had was untouched by the flames.
    A piece of garlic hung over the bed of a child is considered a preventative of Whooping Cough - or if already contracted a cure for it
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