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School: Boher, Bushfield. Nenagh (roll number 9190)

Location:
Boher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Margaret A. Malone

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 264

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Local Cures (continued)

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no daughter is supposed to have a cure for a pain in the back.
The person who has the cure lies down on his face and hands on the floor and the seventh son walks on his back.

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Famous Cures in the Parish

(a) Sheary's plaster given by Mr Jer Sheary, Killmastulla who is also a noted bone-setter today
(b) Rohan's Plaster. given by friends of Rohan, a native of the Silvermines parish Rohan as a bone-setter more famous then Sheary. Skill in this family since the days of the Faction Fights

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Collector
Kitty Bray
Gender
female
Address
Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
Informant
Michael O' Brien
Gender
male
Address
Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
Informant
Dan Sullivan
Gender
male
Address
Ballyea, Co. Tipperary
Informant
Mrs O' Brien
Gender
female
Address
Cranna, Co. Tipperary
Informant
Tom Mc Grath
Gender
male
Address
Curraghmore, Co. Tipperary
Language
English