School: Sean-Bhaile Mór (roll number 15817)
- Location:
- An Seanbhaile Mór, Co. na Gaillimhe
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Donnabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0037, Page 182
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - The Claddagh man was also able to remove foreign matters from the eyes by means of a charm. He used get the afflicted person to sit near a table on which he had placed a glass. Then he mumbled his set of words. When he was finished the offending matter was to be seen in the glass of water.
- These were cured by a process known as "Measuring the Head". A weaver named Farragher from Cloonkeen, and a tailor named Burke of Carnaseer practised this charm. The sufferer visited them three times. The head was measured, and words used while doing so, on each occasion. Home-spun woollen thread was usually used in making the measurements.
