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School: Bennettschurch, Baile Mhic Cairbre

Location:
Graignagower, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhíomasaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0656, Page 203

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  1. Tobacco and Pipes

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    People used walk about three miles for tobacco long ago. There are two kinds of pipes known in this district, the timber pipes and the chalk pipes. Pipes were never made in this district. Pipes were never repaired around this district.
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  2. Bone-Setting

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    There was a bonesetter in my district long ago. His name was Dearby Ó'Brien. He lived in Curtiswood. He is dead over fifty years. He often settled peoples' limbs.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. broken or dislocated bones (~21)
    2. products
      1. food products (~3,601)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Bean Uí Riain
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    84
    Occupation
    Bean feirmeora
    Address
    Ballymacarbry, Co. Waterford