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School: Kilavoggy (roll number 2178)

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Killavoggy, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Seán de Faoite
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  1. The Cure of the Mote

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    The man who tells me this story is very old. He is 80 years old and his name is John Killkenny of Garvagh, Dromahair. He starts the story by saying hat there are many local cures but that there is a very peculiar one that is the cure of the mote. The person who has this cure lives in Garvagh and his name is James Travers. The people say he is very successful. All that he requires while making this cure is a cup of water and he can show the mote in the water when he was the cure made. This man has the cure a long time as he inherited it from his mother.
    Collected by Alice Dolan, Garvagh(?) Dromahais, Co. Lelim(?). Aged 15 yrs.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sore eyes (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Garvagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Kilkenny
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Garvagh, Co. Leitrim