School: Faithche (B.) (roll number 11405)
- Location:
- Faha West, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Seán Ó Muircheartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0458, Page 078
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- (continued from previous page)half pint of whiskey or a small present - not money.
In fact any of these charm doctors never took a money payment. HydrophobiaMy grandfather Marty Moriarty of Listry (died 1899) had a cure for bite from mad dog-- and he got it from his father. During his lifetime he cured dozens of people of this disease -- and my father told me people came 30 and 40 miles to get cured. He never allowed anyone to see him making the ointment and drink -- but he gave them all to my father before he died. My father never used them -- but promised to let me have the ingredients before he died. His death was sudden -- so I did not get then.(continues on next page)
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- Eugene Moriarty
- Gender
- Male
