School: Killeen, Granard (roll number 13752)

Location:
Killeen, Co. Longford
Teacher:
S. Ó Duibhgeanáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 432

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 432

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    prescribes and if the people take it they will get better within a short period.
    When a person has pains and if he gets the comprevy weed and boils it and drinks the juice of it he will be cured.
    If a person had a strain long ago they used to rub goose grease or roasted chicken weed to it and the person would be cured within a short period.
    When people had the measles long ago they used to drink the milk the ferret leaves behind him and it would cure them.
    My mother told me all this information and she is years.
    Harry Reynolds Killeen Granard.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    The Lore of certains Days
    In every district certain days are looked upon as unlucky and as lucky.
    There are certain days on which people can cure the
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    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Katie Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coolcor, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mr Smyth
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolcor, Co. Longford