School: Teampall Mhuire
- Location:
- An Carbad Beag, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Eithne, Bean Uí Mhaonghaille
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- When one's eyes are sore if you wash them with spring water, cold, out of the well, they will cease to be sore. Black tea also cures sore eyes.
- One night a priest was going out on a sick call. Long ago the mode of convenience that mostly everybody had either horse-back or side-cars. The motor-cars were very scarce and expensive, besides the roads were very bad at this time.
This priest took his boy with him to drive him on his side-car. They were passing(continues on next page)
