School: Coill Beithne (C.), Baile Mhistéala (roll number 11266)

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Kilbeheny, Co. Limerick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0514, Page 262

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0514, Page 262

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  1. Tobacco, pipes and snuff were distibuted then but now there is only snuff given. Two candles were brought lighting to the car in which the coffin was taken to the graveyard, from the wake house and preceding the coffin.
    It was customary to take off the screws from the lid and lay them on the coffin when in the grave.
    Some were laid out in their own clothes, others in a habit.
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  2. Comfrey having a blue flower and like a dark leaf was used for curing broken horns in cattle.
    A buachallán was said to cure a cut in a sheep or cow.
    St. Patrick's cabbage was good for curing burns and scalds. Dry murn was cured by a plant that grew against walls. Flies were caught and used for fishing in bright clean water
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