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School: Sraith (roll number 16623)

Location:
Srah, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séamus E. Ó Dubhghaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0050, Page 0215

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    “A man named Blake put a poor woman out of her house ...”

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    had a cow and calf the cow died and she used to come back to give milk to the calf. Davie Robison was a giant when he would buy sheep he would cath them by head and over the ditch into his own field. There was a mermaid seen lepping through the street of Galway.
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    “The people spilt blood in the corner of the house”

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    The people spilt blood in the corner of the house. There are seven Tailors in this district. Long ago the Tailors went around from house to house. Flax was grown in the bogs long ago ago.
    There are five forges in this parish Callanane, Corraways, Minogs, Egans, there are two forges of Callanam in this parish.
    There is a stream near every forges and a cross roads. Their people has been smiths for many years. The door is a square door. There are but one fire-place in the forges aroud this place. Some smiths make the bellow themselves. A smith shoes horses and asses.
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    “Nine harrows pins would take away bad luck.”

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    Nine harrows pins would take away bad luck bad luck. The key of a door would stop a persons nose from bleeding. Walshs blood would cure wild-fire or the blood of a cats tail. If you went under an asses leg three times it would cure measles. If you ate three meals of mettels in March you would not be sick for the year. Pig Dung would stop blood. A foxes tongue would take out a thorn. If you liched a liard you could cure burnes. If you drank cats milk it would cure warts.
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. trades and crafts (~4,680)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pat Joe Dwyer
    Gender
    Male

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    “It is never lucky to open a grave on a monday.”

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    It is never lucky to open a grave on a monday. If you begin any work it will never be finished.
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