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Location:
Lerhin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Seán Ó Labhradha

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Composition - Leigheasanna

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0012, Page 212

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Composition - Leigheasanna

Long ago old people had cures fro the different diseases. They never went to a doctor. There was a man living in Whitepark about a hundred years ago. This man had a cure for a headache. When a person had a headache they went to him. He got a twine. He measured their head. Then he put knots in the twine. Every knot he put on he said

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Collector
Bríghid Ní Fhloinn
Gender
female
Address
Ahaun, Co. Galway
Informant
Seán Mágh Fhloinn
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Address
Ahaun, Co. Galway
Language
English