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School: An Drom (Drom Thurles) (roll number 585)

Location:
Drom, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Pilib Ó Ó Muireadhaigh Pádraig Ó Cléirigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0550, Page 271

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  1. Bird-Lore - The Common Birds (continued)

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    and go away in the beginning of May. During the winter the robin and blackbird are mostly here. During the summer the cuckoo, the swallow and the corncrake are very common in this district. The cuckoo and the swallow come here in the beginning of June and go back in the end of September. The swallow comes here in the middle of June and goes back in the middle of September.
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  2. Local Cures

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    Long ago people never went to a doctor to cure and ailments, but they had remedies of their own.
    A cure for soreeyes is to put a person's fasting spit on them for nine consecutive mornings. Another way is to wash them in cold tea.
    The cure for a toothache is to say three Hail Marys twice a day in honour of St. Patrick's father and mother never to have a toothache. Another cure is to put
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Cahill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drom, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    James Cahill
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drom, Co. Tipperary