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   “About a mile and a half from my home on the roadside to Ennis there is an ancient withered tree”

   

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   317 About a mile and a half from my home on the roadside to Ennis there is an ancient withered tree.This tree is very remarkable as there was a holy friar hanged on it in the dreadful penal days when it was a heinous crime to be a Catholic not to speak of a blessed Friar.The Claundares as it used to be called was to be seen up to a few years ago the trunk and branches all so white and bare ,like a poor skeleton but now it is gone to dust.Many people that knew its history brought little pieces of it for relics and it was said many found relief from toothache when the relic was applied .It was said one time some travelling gypsies took it to burn but try as they could it wouldnt burn so in fright they brought it back again to its former place and there it remained until it crumbled into dust.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
   2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Philomena O' Gready

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   James Brohan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Address

   Kilvoydan, Co. Clare