School: Shrule (roll number 7795/7796)

Location:
Shrule, Co. Galway
Teacher:
(name not given)
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    also a good cure for cuts long ago but it is not used now. This is how balsam was first made. When the Blessed Virgin was escaping from the Holy Land the boy Jesus began teething and water fell from the childs mouth and where it fell the balsam bush grew.
    There were a few tramps around Shrule. Their mr names were Tom Tea, Tom the Chimney, and Salóg mo leanbh. Tom Tea was a man who used to sell tea around Shrule. Tom the Chimney was a very good hand making chimneys and he was very young and he is living still. Salóg mo leanbh was a bean sidhe.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bernard Tedders
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Shrule, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Miss Gavin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Shrule, Co. Mayo