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School: Ros Inbhir (roll number 14501)

Location:
Rossinver, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Aoidh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 319

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    certain sort of string.
    Anybody who would catch a mankeeper while alive and hold it by the head and tail and lick its body with their tongue will have the cure of the burn. When they lick a burn with tongue after it will be cured.
    It is said that those cures were first made by Saints and that they give power to the people then down until the present day to their children.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Mc Sharry
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Sraud (Conolly), Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs John Mc Sharry
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    45
    Address
    Sraud (Conolly), Co. Leitrim