School: Tullyallen, Drogheda (roll number 854)
- Location:
- Tulaigh Álainn, Co. Lú
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonchobhair
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“There is a certain moss growing on the top of Fieldstown Chapel...”
(continued from previous page)This moss is called the "chalice moss" because a little stem grew up from it in the shape of a chalice.My father and his brother once has the chin-cough when they were young. One evening, a man told my grandmother about this moss as a cure. She asked him to get some for here and he did, and told her to boil it and give the mixture to the children.After a few doses of this mixture they were completely cured.
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“About 50 years ago, three men...”
About 50 years ago, three men - Sherley Ball, Gustavas Briscoe and another man went up to TaraHill to "get a shot". As they got no game, Sherley Ball shot at St. Patrick's statue and shot off the fingers off one hand of the statue.
A few weeks later Sherley(continues on next page)