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School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)

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Coolronan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 334

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  1. A Lot of Names for a Fish that Lives in a Ditch

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    A lot of Names for a Fish that lives
    in a ditch
    1 Golugun
    2 Maneater
    3 Docka Luacar
    They are a dirty fish that live in a dirty ditch or well. They would go into your mouth & give you diabetes. The cure is to eat a lot of salt & then hold your head over water so that the "maneater" would come out for a drink.
    This is a kind of lizard which is called in Irish Airc-luacar - the "Craos-Deamhan" of Fr. O'Leary's story.
    I have heard it called "Docka-Luacar" round the locality - I don't know what "Docka" would be in Irish.
    There is a wild coarse grass growing on bad land which is called in Coolronan "luacar-gabhair."
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English