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School: Ballycreen, Aughrim

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Ballycreen Lower, Co. Wicklow
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Nóra Ní Dhonnchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 058

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    a hen remove the entrails and the person effected to put his to feet into her. If the hen decayed in half an hour it was said, he would die, and if the hen did not decay he would live.
    A cure for bruises was the hot liver of a rabbit.
    Told by
    My father Michael O'Byrne
    Cronawinna,
    Aughrim,
    Co. Wicklow.
    Age - 50 years
    Eddie O'Byrne
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eddie O' Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cronawinnia, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Michael O' Byrne
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Cronawinnia, Co. Wicklow