School: Prosperous (B.), Naas (roll number 8763)

Location:
An Chorrchoill, Co. Chill Dara
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Brosnacháin
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    There is a cure used by an old woman in Prosperous for a sore throat.

    There is a cure used by an old woman in Prosperous for a sore throat. It is a stocking full of salt. She tries it round her neck and her sore throat is cured.
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    There is a castle in Blackwood which belonged to the Fitzgeralds of Leinster.

    There is a castle in Blackwood which belonged to the Fitzgeralds of Leinster. When Cromwell came to Ireland he destroyed it. It is at present in ruins. There is also strange letters on it's walls which are four feet in width.
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    2. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. aimsir na bpéindlíthe (~4,335)
    3. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. foirgnimh
          1. scoileanna (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Daniel Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Coill na Cúirte, Co. Chill Dara
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    Cornelius Kay was a hadge school master in Prosperous and he was a great poet.

    Cornelius Kay was a hedge school master in Prosperous and he was a great poet. He is buried in Downings Church-yard and there is a head stone erected over him by the bards of
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