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

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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    1. Charms are used by people as cures. Mary Whelan has a charm for curing the Thrush. She is a girl who was born after her fathers death. All such people have this charm.
    2. Eddie Giant has a charm for curing headache. This is how he does it. He gets a tape and he measures the head from the top of the nose to the nape of the neck and from the chin to the top of the head. The person goes to him
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. charms (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rose Niland
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Martin Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Tyrone, Co. Galway