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School: Shinrone (C.)

Location:
Shinrone, Co. Offaly
Teacher:
Mary Mc Mahon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0819, Page 129

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  1. Local Cures - Wild-Fire

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    Many people have a cure for wildfire which is known by Mrs Corcoran,
    5 Alley
    Shinrone
    She cures it with a blessed ring. The way she cures it is she makes the sign of the cross over where the wildfire is with the ring.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. erysipelas (~99)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Corcoran
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shinrone, Co. Offaly

  2. Local Cures - Warts

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    There are certain places in which warts can be cured, the can be cured by a rock which is in Kilcommon church yard in this rock lies a hole which contains some water and the people go to the church yard and they go to the rock and they take a pin of a penny and they did it in the water three times each time rubbing it to where
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