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School: Brosna (B.) (roll number 13018)

Location:
Brosna, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Aonghus Ó Laochdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0449, Page 282

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  1. A Story (continued)

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    attended the mass. The clerk told him to wait that more people might come but he said it was alright. As she was turning out to bless the people the boy fired a shot at him. The clerk asked the man why he did it. When they looked at the corpse they found that it was only a dog.
    William Lane, Meengrane
    From Maurice Sullivan Kilmanchan
    Aged 74
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Composition on Local Cures

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    It is said that if you rubbed your tongue to a lizard you would be able to cure a burn for anyone.
    It is believed that the son or daughter who is born after their father dying is able to to cure the thrush.
    If a child got the cradle cap they bought in a cabbage leaf and placed on its head This was supposed to be a very good cure for it. If a child had gumboils they mixed [?] and water and put it into the childs mouth and gargled it there with a quill. For a
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Brosna, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Katerine Lynch
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    88
    Address
    Brosna, Co. Kerry