School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)
- Location:
- Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 115
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- A mote in the eye was and is cured in this district by a man called Mr John Lynch Farniharpy, Skreen, Co, Sligo. The cure is:- get a cup and saucer take a drink of water and the man that has the cure says prayers and when he has finished the mote leaves the eye.
- Toothache was and is cured in this district. The last boy that cured it was John Edie James. He got a frog and put him in his mouth and he never had toothache since that day. It was when going to school he got the frog.
