School: An Chúil Árd (C.) (roll number 12588)
- Location:
- An Chúil Ard, Co. Chiarraí
- Teacher: Máire Ní Liaghain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0401, Page 397
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“About one hundred and twenty years ago, poor travelling women went around the country called Connacht women.”
(continued from previous page)robin's nest and to bring it into her.
They said they could not get it in winter, she said they could.
So they went awa, after ten minutes they got it and three eggs inside in it they brought them into her.
She told them to get a board until they were roasted.
Then she said she would cure him with the eggs through pishogues.
She took up the eggs, and went to the bed where the boy lay.
She told him to sit up in the bed and to swallow one egg, she kept the two more in her hand.
After he had it swallowed the woman looked at the eggs on her hand "Oh" says she I made a mistake.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kit Scanlon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Gluaire, Co. Chiarraí
- Informant
- Thomas Galvin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 78
- Address
- Gluaire, Co. Chiarraí