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School: Tobar Ruadh

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Toberroe, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Cinnéide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0193

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    When people would wash their feet long ago they would not attempt to throw out the water till the following morning. They would manage to wash their feet either in bog-water or potato-water as there was supposed to be a cure in them for the feet. The people also believed that there was a cure in the water where they would wash their feet for rash and boils.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Comber
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cloonbar, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Thomas Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60