School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)
- Location:
- Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Shúilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0464, Page 208
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“On Sheen's green banks in days of old A dreadful fight was won.”
(continued from previous page)"Bad luck to Bland the Friday dog
He is worse than Dan the bailiff (báil [?]
Twelve orange dogs and a jury [?]
And without any hesitation
They banished Dan to a foreign land
For ten years transportation."
- Sáistín Chnuic
I heard this from a woman who heard it from Mrs Paddy Phil O'Sullivan Lehud, Kenmare who could be over 90 years now had she lived. - Collector
- Eibhlín Bean Uí Shuilleabháin
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- Múinteoir
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“My Grandmother God rest her soul often cure a burn from steam of Kettle or from boiling soup...”
My Grandmother God rest her soul often cured a burn from steam of Kettle or from boiling soup by kissing burnt part forming the sign of the cross three times on it. She often cured myself and she told me she had the cure because she kissed an eascú lúachair.
