School: Tulchán (roll number 10097)
- Location:
- Tullaghan, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 112
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There a great many remedies for diseases. Herbs are often used as cures; the chicken-weed is the name of a herb for curing of any kind of [?]. There is another herb named the "Shiou Crann". It is like a small little fern; it is used for curing a burn. There is another also it is named the Rose Noble for curing a burn. There are a great many other different cures. If a person licks a man-keeper he has the cure of the burn. There is a woman in Wardhouse and she has the cure for a burn because she licked a man-keeper. A great many go to her to get cured of a burn. Her name is Mrs. Casey. When there are seven sons or daughters born in a house the seventh(continues on next page)
