School: Fermoyle, Lanesboro (roll number 13321)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   townland of Lismacmanus got its name. We have also a field called the "Plantation" During the Black-and-Tans about twenty years ago there was a fight in it. There was a man shot in Neddie Hanley's house just beside the Plantation. There was also a soldiers leg broken in Kitty Clarke's house. There is also a place beside Lismacmanus called "Carnwell". It is a very wet, marshy place and there are a lot of wells in it. Tim Moran of Lismacmanus has a field called the "Shrice". It got its name from being flooded the whole Winter.

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2. Local Cures

   

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   There was an old fashioned cure recommended for Whooping Cough. The child's sponsor should bring a black ass to the child's house and put the child out under the ass three times. While this is being done someone should be feeding the ass with oat-meal. A cake should be made of the leaving of meal and some of it given to the child to eat.
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