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School: Ceann Tuirc (B.) (roll number 14052)

Location:
Kanturk, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Liam Ó Caoimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0353, Page 674

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    Cures were often worked by charms. These charms were a form of prayer. Such as healing the bite of a dog struck with madness farcy in cattle or healing any skin disease.
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  2. Homemade Toys

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    In the district of Kanturk, County Cork, girls make a string of daisies. If they find two potatoes clung together and if one is smaller than the other, they put two sticks in them for legs and two more for hands, and they make dresses and make dolls out of them.
    The boys made "dancers" or better known as peg-tops out of reels. They got the black-smith to put a spear in
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
          1. toys (~1,598)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Lehane
    Gender
    Male