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School: Cnoc Cairn, Imleach Iubhair (roll number 10731)

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Knockcarron, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Tomás Ó Dúthaigh
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    “One day, a local wit, who had just come down a step in the world was engaged in breaking stones on the roadside for the County Council...”

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    “Much superstition centres round the hair of a human head...”

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    Much superstition centres round the hair of a human head. When a person gets a haircut, he is supposed to burn the hair, because the old people believe that on the Last Day, a person must go round the world and gather up every rib of hair he or she ever lost.
    Another custom was to make a little ball of the hair and put it into a hole in the wall.
    If a crow takes a bit of persons hair to build her nest, that person will suffer from headaches for the remainder of his or her life.
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    “Some of the more blood-thirsty of the older generation used keep a human hand to effect certain cures...”

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    Some of the more blood-thirsty of the older generation used keep a human hand to effect certain cures. How the hand was come by is
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