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School: Scoil na mBráthar, Portlaoighse

Location:
Port Laoise, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Br. Frampton
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 355

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  1. Cures

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    There are three steams in the well of Maryborough. One of them is for sore eyes Mrs Allen of the watery lane cures wild fire by bleeding her finger and touching the sore. If Two persons having the same sur-name and get married they and their children can cure Wild-fire this.
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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)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Miller
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Port Laoise, Co. Laois

  2. Piseog

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    If you put your leg over a child when it is small it will grow no more.
    If you let an umberella fall it is a disappointment
    If a robin hops into a house It will have luck
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