School: Craig Dhubh

Location:
Cregduff, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Mac Giobúin
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  1. (continued from previous page)
    and she had a son. The son went to America and he got killed there.
    The night he was killed he came to Ireland and lay beside his mother. His mother spoke to him and said:
    "Are you Michael."
    "I am," he said.
    Then he vanished. After a week she got a letter saying her son was dead.
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  2. Sore throat: Long ago people suffered from sore throat to get a stocking and put salt into the stocking and tie it around your neck. It wound cure you in two days.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English