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1. Local Cures

   

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   Tim Corcoran of Dorrinclare Shinrone can cure wildfire by bleeding each of his fingers and rubbing the blood on the wild fire and by prayers. His mothers name was Corcoran and his father's name was Corcoran and they both got married andthat is why he has a cure for wildfire.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Morkan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Shinrone, Co. Offaly

   Informant

   Morkan

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   68

   Address

   Shinrone, Co. Offaly

2. Local Cures

   

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   There is a grave yard in this district called Kilmurray. There are the ruins of an old church there. There is the shape of a saint's head in one of the walls. People visit here and leave a token because it is generally believed that if you put your head in the wall you will never suffer from headaches again. The chapel belonging to a famil named Murray who lived there in the olden times. St Patrick spent some time there in the olden times. Some say the shame of the head in the wall belongs to St Patrick,

   

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