School: Cill Laichtín, An Caisleán Nua
- Location:
- Killaghteen, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Nioclás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0489, Page 073
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- The old people used to have great belief in their fasting spit to cure anything.
If a person was sick the people would bring an old woman into the house to set a charm.
- One day a man got a charm to cure his toothache. He offered the charm when the toothache was gone. This is what was written on the piece of paper "good-by toothache until we meet in hell." When he opened it the toothache came again
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- Informant
- James Shine
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Barnagh, Co. Limerick
