School: Clonmellon (B.) (roll number 9500)
- Location:
- Ráistín, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: P. Ó Droighneáin
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- (continued from previous page)Pains It is said a person can cure his pains by getting water from a river dividing two counties.
StyGet ten gooseberry thorns and point nine into your eye blessing yourself and throw the other one over your right shoulder and it will be cured in nine days.
Posthumous ChildA posthumous child can cure a dirty mouth
- Farmers FieldFarmer's Field is situated at t he back of Clonmellon National School. It is called so because people named Farmer 's owned it.
Reids FieldReids Field is situated at the back of the Market Square, Clonmellon. It is so called because people named Reid's owned it.
Milking FieldWhen Chapmans owned Killua they used to set it to the people of the town. They used to put their cows in it and milk them there.
The Mill FieldThe Mill Field in Hartlands is so called because there is a mill in it.(continues on next page)
