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School: Carrigeencor (roll number 10826)

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Carrigeencor, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Mrs Annie Gillmor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0200, Page 076

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    If a person catches a man keeper (like a frog only has a tail) and licks its belly from the tail to the head three times in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost they will be able to cure a burn by licking it.
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  2. A Cure for a Sprain

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    In Killeary there is an old graveyard,
    Every Religion used to be buried in it,
    Over one of the headstones there is always a thread
    Which is a cure for sprains.
    When a person gets a sprain, he goes to the headstone and ties the thread on the sprain.
    He has to bring another thread with him and leave it on headstone, for the next person that gets a sprain.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sprains (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Arthur Mc Kinley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghameelta Barr, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Dunn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Edergole, Co. Leitrim