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School: Muclach

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Mucklagh, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 025

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    boil. Roast a fig and put it on the gum-boil and after a while the gum-boil breaks. Bog-moss is a cure for wounds. Long ago people gathered it and sent away.
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  2. A Funny Story

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    Once one a time there lived a poor man an woman in the country. They were wishing for something to eat. Then they heard a knock at the door and a little man came in and told them they could have tree wishes. Anything they wished for they could have it. So the old woman whiched she had a ring of black pudding. As it came down the chimmney the old man was very angry and
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    AT0750A: The Wishes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballard, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Ballard, Co. Offaly