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

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Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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  1. Charms (continued)

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    three times to get this done.
    3. If there are seven sons in a family born one after another the seventh possesses a charm for curing boils. This is how he does it. He makes the Sign of the Cross on the boils three times. Mrs Helebert of Kildernan has a charm for curing an ailment called Cléithín. This is how she does it. She gets a tumbler and a candle and she lights the candle. Then
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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