School: Louth (C.) (roll number 3252)
- Location:
- Louth, Co. Louth
- Teacher: M. Ní Chasaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0665, Page 251
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- (continued from previous page)in New York U.S.A. 1934.Famous Storyteller:
There is only one good storyteller in Channonrock. Owen Dooley. He said the stories were handed down to him from his father who could speak Irish.Old Schools:
There where two hedge schools in Channonrock one of which I have written about and another that was behind Ned Duffy's house but none seems to know anything about it. The Old Monastery in Louth was also a great school.
- Cure for mumps:
An ass's winkers are thrown over the childs shoulders and she is drawn in and out of the pigs stable three times while she says " Leena Lana, Hucna, Mucna".Cure for toothache:
To fill the mouth with buttermilk Cure for boil:
Bottle filled with boiling water, emptied immediately and as quick as lighting laid on the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Eveline Byrne
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Chanonrock, Co. Louth
