School: Baile an Doirín (C) (roll number 7552)

Location:
Ballinderreen, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Treasa Bean Uí Bheirn
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  1. 1. There is a boy in Pollough who can cure craos galar. His name is Michael Lane.
    2. When a person goes to him to get cured he breathes three times into the persons mouth and after a day or two the patient is cured.
    2. There was once a man who was able to work a charm. If a person had ringworm he went to that person and he would cure him by saying some certain words and by blowing his breath
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    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. charms (~104)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Connill
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thady Searry
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Address
    Tooreen, Co. Galway