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School: Tigneatha

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Tynagh, Co. Galway
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Pádraig Ó Caomhánaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0040

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0053, Page 0040

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    “Long ago people used to seek cures for ailments in many ways.”

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    Long ago people used to seek cures for ailments in many ways. Long ago people used to say that a fox's tongue was supposed to take out a thorn. If you had a cut finger a cobweb was supposed to stop it from bleeding. A poultice of slugs is supposed to cure boils. In Billew there is a well in a tree and it is noted for curing warts and sore eyes. A man in
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