School: Eslin (roll number 10026)
- Location:
- Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0218, Page 171
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- (continued from previous page)talking about. From that day until the day he died he always beleived all the Superstitions that ever he would hear of. He would sweep the floor as clean as could be every night, and bring in clean water, and fix up the house every night before he would go to bed.The little boy was never sick, and he was always trying to eat the [?] of the wall, and that is what killed him. He would eat it no matter how you would watch him. They had distemper on the house, and it was(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Michael Mc Weeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
