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School: Ballymore (B.) (roll number 7443)

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An Baile Mór, Co. na hIarmhí
Teacher:
P.J. Cooney
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    About a hundred years ago there was an awful disease called the Caulrea. The cure this was three straws which went from Dublin to Galway in one night. The old people said that there was a charm in it and that it would keep it away. The people passed the straws on from one to another and many people walked a long distance with these straws/ My grandfather had to go to a place called Ballycurra about a mile from where he was living.
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    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. cruatan (~1,565)
        1. plánna agus galair (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Cornelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Snimnagorta, Co. na hIarmhí
    Informant
    Peter Cornelly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    66
    Address
    Snimnagorta, Co. na hIarmhí