School: Knockbride (2)
- Location:
- Knockbride, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T.J. Barron
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 325
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- (continued from previous page)in which she had the canistor covered with a slate beside the bed. She earned the soverigns in Scotland and when she came home she hid them there. She willed them to no one; so they must be there still. The house is in Pottle townland.
- A spoilt child pet is the worst pet at all
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- Collector
- Thomas J. Barron
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Tie the wart with a horse hair. Informant says this curse is always successful. Collector has seen warts rubbed with a snail and the snail then stuck on a thornbush. As the snail decayed the wart was supposed to disappear.
- He is a gallows looking fellow. Gallows = disgraceful (?)
My gallaces is broke = My braces are broken
He made a clout at hime Clout = blow
