School: Druimín (roll number 9438)

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   “A man lived down near Gorvagh who had the cure of warts...”

   

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   were withering and after about a fortnight they would fall off altogether. People who did not believe that he [could] cure warts were cured by him. This man is not long dead and it is said that one of the priests in the district threatened him that he would stop him from curing warts.

   

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   “There are no eels in Feengh Lake although they are to be got in the river flowing through it...”

   

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   There are no eels in Feengh Lake" although they are to be got in the river flowing through it and in the lakes above and below it on the river.
   The Reason is:
   A local fisherman was bringing home a sack of eels and a priest belonging to St Kellán's (Cillian) abbey in Feenagh met him and asked him for some of the catch. The fisherman refused to give him any and the Priest told him there would never be another eel caught in the lake. Nor was there. In my uncle's young days / time a fisherman

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Séamus Browne

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Gortinure, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Francis Murphy

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Garvagh, Co. Leitrim

   Informant

   Michael Murphy

   Relation

   Relative (other than parent or grandparent)

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Fenagh, Co. Leitrim