School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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“Johnny Boyle who lived at Cross a Greallaigh used to go to Darby's shop every night for things.”
(continued from previous page)Johnnie up to the shop and up to to the church-yard. Johnnie got afraid and did not stop to rest or did he say a prayer passing. The black dog went into the churchyard and while Johnnie was passing he heard three loud cried. He ran home.
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“If you suffer from pains and if you go to the mearing of two parishes nine times and get water there nine times you can get cured.”
If you suffer from "pains" and if you go to the mearing of two parishes nine times and get water there nine times you can get cured. Some one must go with you to get up the water. Christy Reynolds was once "bet up with pains" and he used to have a stick helping him to walk. He and his wife went to the mearing of Kentstown and Walterstown and the wife got up the water for him there. When he went home he rubbed the water to the places where the pains were. He went to the mearing nine times and got the water nine times. When he had it done six times, he was able to throw away the stick and at the ninth time he was as good as if he had never a pain in his life. - Collector
- Florence Kavanagh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Michael Byrd
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Road worker
- Address
- Walterstown, Co. Meath