School: Naomh Feichín, Cros (roll number 7075)
- Location:
- Cross, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: M. Mac Niocail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0102, Page 328
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- Once a young doctor went to spend a holiday with his uncle an old doctor. Everywhere the old doctor got a call he wanted to go with him for the sake of picking up knowledge for himself. One day the old doctor was called to attend a sick woman in the next village. They both went to the old woman´s house and as the old doctor was going to the sick woman, he saw oyster shells under the bed. ¨My good woman¨he said, ¨did you eat oysters?" "I did" says she. "Don't eat them any more" he said " and you will get alright". So after a while the woman got well.
A short time after the doctor was called to a sick man(continues on next page) - Collector
- Maureen Shaughnessy
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Shaughnessy
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 44
- Address
- Houndswood North, Co. Mayo
