School: Enfield
- Location:
- An Mhaighean, Co. Ros Comáin
- Teacher: Máiréad, Bean Uí Dhomhnaill
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- (continued from previous page)again, and kept at that for an hour. The man begged to be let home but it was no good. At last the man cursed, and in the curse God's name was mentioned. The strange man let him go. Ever since it is said there is a man seen by the times at this place and that lights are seen in it also. People are afraid to pass this particular place late at night ever since because it is said to be haunted.
- First of all catch a hare, and cut off his ears and boil them in milk. Then strain the milk and give it to the person to drink who has the whooping cough. It is said this is one of the best cures for whooping cough.
- Collector
- John Farrell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Cnoc an Leachta (Wills), Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- John Callaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 68
- Address
- An Bhothach, Co. Ros Comáin
- Informant
- James Farrell
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 54
- Address
- Cnoc an Leachta (Wills), Co. Ros Comáin
- This is the way people used to cure a wart on the finger in the olden days. They got a black snail and rubbed it on the wart. Then they(continues on next page)
