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School: An Ghráinseach

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Gransha More, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
E. Nic Uaid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0946, Page 093

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    There is a tree in Roslea graveyard and it cure of headache and toothache. People put a pin into the tree and rub some of the water on the tooth and it is said they get better.
    St. Brigid's crosses are made here too. There are two ways of making them. This is the way one is made. There is one straight straw got and hole made in it. Then a smaller straw is got and it is put through the hole then it is tied.
    There is a grave at Roslea and it has the cure of all things. It is Father Duffy's grave.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    3. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    4. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary B. Mc Ginnity
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Derrynawilt East, Co. Fermanagh

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    There was a great sermon on Bragan last Sunday. There was a priest shot on Bragan Mountains on Christmas morning in the year 1754 and on Sunday last the people elected a cross in his memory. There were three
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