School: Tulchán (roll number 10097)
- Location:
- Tullaghan, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seosamh Mac Guidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 194
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- About a hundred years there was a woman living in Glenade. One night she threw out dirty water that she was after washing the childs feet with. That night the child took a pain in her knee. The woman got the doctor but he was not able to cure her.The child was all the time suffering from the pain. One day a wee old woman came in. The woman gave her charity. The wee old woman asked what was on the child and the woman told her that she had a pain in her knee. The old woman told her that she was passing by one night to a party and she, the childs mother came out with a bucket of dirty water and threw it on the top of her new dress taking out the dress and showing it to her. The old woman told her that when she would be throwing out dirty water always to say iuza, iuza cusze salac. Then the old woman told the mother to go up and pull a pin out of the back of the child's leg. The woman did so and when she(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mrs Clancy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 40
- Address
- Agharroo, Co. Leitrim
