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School: Cluain Tuirc (C.)

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Cloonturk, Co. Leitrim
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Máire Ní Gharaidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0217, Page 129

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  1. Care of the Feet (continued)

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    in the morning they put it on. By doing this the foot was cured. If they had a burn they used goat's marbles. The sticky part of a dandelion leaf is a cure for a burn of a nettle. If they had a swelling they used goose grease.
    Long ago old people would not let you wash your feet in soap and water. They used bog water (for soap) and the mould of the bog for soap. They said "It made their feet strong and also made themselves healthy".
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  2. Hurling and Football

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    There was a football match last Sunday 19th June in P Faughnans field Dromod. The team that played were Mohill and Annaduff and Bornacoola and Gortletteragha. There were fourteen men on each team.
    The Annaduff team was
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Faughnan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Drumod, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Shanley
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    31
    Address
    Drumod, Co. Leitrim