School: Cill Laichtín, An Caisleán Nua
- Location:
- Killaghteen, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Nioclás Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0489, Page 082
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- One day a man got a charm to cure his toothache. He opened the charm when the toothache was gone. This was what was written on the piece of paper "good- ye toothache until we meet in hell. When he opened the charm the toothache came again.
- Informant
- Mrs Hanly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Barnagh, Co. Limerick
- One day for recreation quite easy in my mind.
The fields around were brightly crowned with flowers of every kind,
About midday I chanced to stray down by the rippling rill.
And as I passed I met a lass at the foot of Rooska hill.
