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School: Ballycreen, Aughrim

Location:
Ballycreen Lower, Co. Wicklow
Teacher:
Nóra Ní Dhonnchadha

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 058

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Local Cures (continued)

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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

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Collector
Eddie O' Byrne
Gender
male
Address
Cronawinnia, Co. Wicklow
Informant
Michael O' Byrne
Relation
parent
Gender
male
Age
50
Address
Cronawinnia, Co. Wicklow
Language
English