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School: Drumkeelanmore (roll number 12525)

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Drumkeelan More, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Mary Mc Rann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0208, Page 316

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    he is supposed to have the cure of the burn.
    If you had a pain in your back. go to a corpse room.
    take a candle which was burned over the dead person without anyone seeing you. This is supposed to cure the pain of the back.
    Eileen Woods
    Cornacranaghy.
    Drumsranbo
    14th December 1937
    The above cures were told to me by my uncle Myles Woods age about 40 years above address
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Woods
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cornacranaghy, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Myles Woods
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Cornacranaghy, Co. Leitrim