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School: Drumlease (roll number 15382)

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Drumlease, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Diolún
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0201, Page 074

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  1. The Lore of Certain Days

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    "Saturday's flitting
    Makes a short sitting.
    In this county the people have a great many remedies for aliments. Here is a cure for rheumatism. This is a disease which every person takes especially when they are getting old and it leave them stiff. To cure this they take herbs first of all they boil there herbs in a pot with water the herbs are like dry tea and it takes them about an hour to boil. When they are boiled they are strained into a tin and the water is drank about a cup full of the water is taken each morning fasting this remedy is supposed to cure
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Gillen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Michael Gillen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ardakip Beg, Co. Leitrim