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School: Áth an Lín (C.), Baile an Gharrdha (roll number 9633)

Location:
Ballingarry, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Máire Nic an Aodhaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 016

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0490, Page 016

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  1. Place Names (continued)

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    The Buck wheat field which belongs to James Meehan, Knockaderry, so called because wheat grew there long ago.
    Cluan na Closac, owned by Mr. O'Regan, so called because of its gravely nature.
    The Fortified gets its name from a fort that is in it.
    The Horse field so called because horses were kept in it long ago.
    Bridig and Margaret Murphy,
    Knockaderry,
    Newcastle West,
    Co. Limerick.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Local Cures.
    A cure for warts is to fill a bag with small stones, and lay it across the road, whoever picks it up takes the warts. Place a piece of bacon in a dung heap, and by the time the meat has decayed the wart will have disappeared. A wart is also cured if you come across
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