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School: Balrath (roll number 9770)

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Balrath, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Uí Oirghiall
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 009

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0738, Page 009

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  1. Local Cures - Broken Bones (continued)

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    woman named Kitty Muldoon who lived in the Mountain Parish exercised the gift and when she was dying she gave the cure to her nephew Jack Muldoon.
    I am afraid the gift has died out now as Jack Muldoon left no family behind him.
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  2. Local Cures - Cure of the Thorn

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    Mrs Brigid Slevin, Mount Murray, has the cure of the thorn. When a person gets a thorn which cannot be removed, he goes to her. She rubs an ointment which is like butter and gives some
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. thorns (~32)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Gretta Sargent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Farrow, Co. Westmeath