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School: Maigh Locha (Cailíní)

Location:
Moylough, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Challaráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 096

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    1. If a person had a stye and another person said "you have a stye in your eye, and the person who had the stye to say "you are a liar nine times, the stye would go.
    2. Another cure for a stye was to go to a Holy Well and bathe the stye with the water.
    3. To get nine gooseberry thorns, to
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Clancy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Pat Clancy
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    84
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway