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School: Curry (C.) (roll number 12067)

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Curry, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chaomháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0170, Page 0502

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  1. A Story

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    Jack Mulligan was dying of bronchitis and was given up by the doctors. An old woman was brought in and she guaranteed to have him alright within a week. She directed the people of the house to get two live pigeons or two live chickens. The chickens were procured, she split one of the chickens in two and one of them was immediately placed on the patient's chest and the other on his back. This action was done until the chicken's blood began to get cold and until all vigorous activity had disappeared. If necessary the operation would have been repeated with the other chicken. Jack Mulligan was a new man within the week.
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  2. Pisreoga

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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. belief (~391)
        1. folk belief (~2,535)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    3. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peigí Níc Enrí
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Seamús Ruadh
    Gender
    Male