School: Tullyveela

Location:
Tullyveela, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Murray

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0967, Page 144

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Whooping-cough:- Catch a trout in the river and bring it in water to the afflicted child. Give the sufferer a drink out of the fishe's mouth and then liberate the trout in the exact spot you found it.
Sty on the eye:- Pull nine gooseberry thorns, bless yourself with them and throw the ninth

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Collector
Michael Maguire
Gender
male
Address
Corlough, Co. Cavan
Informant
Hugh Maguire
Gender
male
Address
Corlough, Co. Cavan
Language
English