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School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0376

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    the whooping cough is to ask the rider of a white-horse for the cure and whatever he would say to drink or eat would be the cure. Potato-water is a cure for cuts and bruises.
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    Long ago when the soldiers were fighting they had places made for their amunision such as forts or lissis. There are two forts in the district where I live and there is a castle at the end of the bog. In one of the forts the little infants used to be buried long ago and it is said that there was a man and a light seen in it one night and the man was crying. The people used to be
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Stephen Kennedy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tonmoyle, Co. Galway