School: St Bridget's (roll number 13854)
- Location:
- Derrymore, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Máire Uí hOistín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0138D, Page 08_044
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- Headache. When people have a pain in there head they do go to a old woman to get them measure. She lives down in Cillinacough. They do go to her three different day Monday Wednesday and Monday. She does put a string around there head and she says it is opened, the next day she will tighten the string.
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They do cure it with a white gander and when they are putting the bill of the gander in to the childs mouth they say. In the name of the Father and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Tomás Ó Tónra
- Gender
- Male
