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School: Prosperous (B.), Naas (roll number 8763)

Location:
An Chorrchoill, Co. Chill Dara
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Brosnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 442

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    “There is a cure used by an old woman in Prosperous for a sore throat.”

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    There is a cure used by an old woman in Prosperous for a sore throat. It is a stocking full of salt. She tries it round her neck and her sore throat is cured.
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    “There is a castle in Blackwood which belonged to the Fitzgeralds of Leinster.”

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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    2. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
        1. aimsir na bpéindlíthe (~4,335)
    3. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. foirgnimh
          1. scoileanna (~4,094)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Daniel Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Coill na Cúirte, Co. Chill Dara

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    “Cornelius Kay was a hadge school master in Prosperous and he was a great poet.”

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    Cornelius Kay was a hedge school master in Prosperous and he was a great poet. He is buried in Downings Church-yard and there is a head stone erected over him by the bards of
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