School: Castlegrove (roll number 15475)

Location:
Garrán an Chaisleáin Thoir, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Liam Ó Conaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0011

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0040, Page 0011

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  3. XML “Seanchas i dtaobh na hAimsire”
  4. XML “Cures”

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  2. Chin Cough,
    If you meet a man with a white horse and ask him for a cure whatever he says will cure the person.
    Three corners cut from the sheet which goes round a corpse in a coffin to be boiled in milk. If it is drank it will cure the yellow gandes.
    To eat oaten bread will also cure the yellow gandes.
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    If you come across a tree or stone in which water is lodged a long time, but you must come across it accidentally and say Uisce cloch ní ar do tóireacht tháinig mé act na fanóchaidh a cuir Dia orm ialacan leat.
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