School: An Carraigín (roll number 13836)

Location:
Carrigeen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Oireachtaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 028

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0255, Page 028

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  3. XML “A Cure for an Inward Growth”
  4. XML “A Cure for a Scald of Burning Sore”

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  2. This cure was taken down from Patrick Coffey, aged 76, of Ashbrook, Strokestown who heard it from his mother.
    This is what he said to me - "Well my mother told me that my third eldest brother took a scald on his neck an' the child was bad and screaming and crying with pain for a whole day an' a night but howsomever the next day a travelling man came the way and asked what was amiss with the child
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