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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 103

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    other people put lamp-oil on them.
    Thorns.
    When people got thorns in their hands or feet they got a foxe's tongue and steeped it in water. Then they put is on the thorn for a day or so and the thorn came out.
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    “Long ago when people were going to America they went to an old man who was supposed to have a charm.”

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    Long ago when people were going to America they went to an old man who was supposed to have a charm. They brought him tobacco or money and also a cord. The man then make a knot with the cord, saing some words the while. The
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nora Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Moylough, Co. Galway