School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033B, Page 04_029

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  1. 1. Mrs Connolly of Kinvara has a cure for "Cleithín" She straps you to a bed and presses a tumbler on your stomach. She does this three times on the following days, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
    2. If seven son's are born one after the other the seventh is supposed to have a charm for curing boils.
    3. A woman in Doras, Kinvara has a charm for curing "falling sickness". She burn's the clothes of the patient and places a
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. charms (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Moran
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Mannin
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    67
    Address
    Mweeloon, Co. Galway