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School: Clochar na Trocaire, Cinn Mhara

Location:
Kinvarra, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Siúr M. Bernadette
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0049, Page 0314

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    is supposed to cure sore eyes. The people take a little bit of clay out of that hole and put it into a bit of cloth. They rub the clay to the sore eye and they have to leave the clay back again.
    There is a place called the church of the seven wells in Killery near aran and if a person had the water down for six months it would not boil. One time a man from Kinvara by the name of Ned Holland went to Killery for sheep. It was very early in the morning when they arrived there and one of the crew went ashore to get some fresh water.
    This particular member of the crew was not very well
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Regan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Joe Conneely
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    35
    Address
    Kinvarra, Co. Galway