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School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)

Location:
Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
T. O' Donovan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 269

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  1. An Old Fort (continued)

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    leaving it in the back - yard he went out for a while. When he returned he saw a lot of fairies singing round it. He fell sick a few days after and soon died.
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  2. Local Cures

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    An innocent man named Willie Reilly told me that if you had a stye in your eye, to get ten thorns on a gooseberry bush and rub each of therm to your eye and bless it while doing so.
    When you are finished throw one of them across your right shoulder and bless yourself. Do the same thing every morning for
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Morrow
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carn, Co. Cavan