School: Aclint, Ardee (roll number 2138)

Location:
Aclint, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Neill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 321

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 321

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  1. Local Song (continued)

    There upon the rocky hillside ¶ with the waste of bog below

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    sure to pay it was a murder
    It must be reduced they thundered and motions passed as well.
    To have tenants reinstated the mill pump repaired
    And further to have light and heat provided for the
    Shelbourne Hotel:
    Composed by Mr J Callan
    Church town
    Written by Rose Rooney
    Reaghstown
    Ardee
    On the 16th Dec 1937
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Cures
    There was a lot of cures long ago. The ure for the tooth- ache was to put a frog in the mouth.
    For a sty in the eye the cure was: to pull nine thorns from a goose - berry brush and prod them to the eye for nine days and throw one away every day. This would
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Mc Eanany
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Edmondstown, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Joseph Mc Eanany
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Edmondstown, Co. Louth