School: Ráth an Tóiteáin (Burnfort), Malla (roll number 11249)

Location:
Burnfort, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Domhnall Mac Óda (Archdeacon)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0389, Page 288

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    diseased part.
    Many people from surrounding districts pay rounds at this priests grave, and one of the residents in Dromahane, possesses the stole which belonged to Fr. Kelleher. Another resident was suffering once from a very acute headache which nothing could alleviate. She promised a round to Fr. Kelleher's grave, and assures me that she got relief.
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  2. People of this locality (Dromahane, Mallow) put a handkerchief or cloth out on a hedge on St. Brigid's Night (night before 1st of February.) They bring article indoors and keep it specially as a cure for headaches or bad pain in the head that any member of household may suffer from during year.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. saints
          1. Brigid (~124)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Donal Archdeacon
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Informant
    Mrs J. Dennehy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drommahane, Co. Cork