School: Naomh Seosamh, Baile an Ruadháin (roll number 15829)
- Location:
- Ballinrooaun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Mrs Nora Lally
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0077, Page 279
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- (continued from previous page)Parish Priest in Killescobe and when Browne bought the estate he turned them out. Browne also owned a lot of race horses and spent as much as £1,000 at a time gambling and betting.Cures
I have often heard of a woman who lived in Mullaghmore about half a mile from here, whose hut was a regular herbaruim. She had cures for most complaints and her remedies were concocted from different herbs which she kept in a dried state hanging up in bundles.
Children with whooping cough could be cured by passing them under a female donkey three times or if suffering from "Wild Fire" by applying(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Clare Hughes
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Carrownacregg East, Co. Galway
- Informant
- W. Hughes
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Moylough, Co. Galway
