School: Eslin (roll number 10026)
- Location:
- Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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- (continued from previous page)old people say yet "seasoned". They thought in the hot dry house took all the gas out of them, and made them much better. When the young people hear of that nowadays they only laugh at the idea.Another great custom of the people long ago, and one that is yet kept up by the people of to-day is to get a horse's shoe and cover it with silver paper and hang it over the kitchen door, or over some door in the house. And that if you continue to leave it there, it will keep out all diseases. They say it will not let any strange disease, or anything like that come into your house, or near your four walls. Everyone does that even yet.
- Collector
- Pilib Mac Aonghusa
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Mohill, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Tom Casey
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Oghill, Co. Leitrim
