School: Grange (roll number 3759)

Location:
Grange, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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    Just as he was passing the place he heard a piper playing at the spot where the digging had been done.
    He knew the tune which the piper was playing well, and he started to lilt it. Then he tripped on something and fell.
    When he got up he tried to lilt the tune again, but he could not think of it, and he could never think of it again afterwards.
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  2. The cure for cancer can be made only by one family in this district. These people live in a place called Lower Wood near Grange, Co. Sligo, and their name
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. cancer (~20)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Streedagh, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Michael Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 75
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Streedagh, Co. Sligo