School: Gortlitreach (roll number 15960)
- Location:
- Gortletteragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Cionnaith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0220, Page 113
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- (continued from previous page)Then the person leaves a ribbon or something after them.Comphry is said to be a cure for a cut or a blister, get the root of the comphry and screap it. It will get soft like solution. Then cut a piece of clothe the size of the cut and put the Comphry on the cloth. Put the patch on the cut and it will stick like a patch on a bicycle.
- Long ago there was a travelled Carlon. He used to go around to the houses and stay in them at night. He was fed in the also. Sometimes he worked. It is said that every old sole of a boot he got he nailed on to his boots. He was in a house one night and the man of the house(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Higgins
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Farnaght, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- James Colreavy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Farnaght, Co. Leitrim
