School: Ballyduff B. N. School
- Location:
- Ballyduff, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Leathlobhair
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- (continued from previous page)There was a man by the name of John Silk, and he used to spend most of his time around Causeway. He was a magician. He died about fifteen years ago. He could cure both animals and christians. He could banish farcy from an animals, or craos-ghalar from a child in twelve hours. He could rise your breast bone if it was down. He could cure all kinds f diseases. It is said he got the cure from an old traveller named Jackeen Cure Me.
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About fifty years ago a man by the name of Michael Lynch, used to visit Ardougter very often. He was a middle-sized man about five feet nine inches in height. He was a great magician. He used to cure horses, cows, etc. and christians as well. He cured a cow belonging to my grandfather, which was suffering from tubernitis. Only for him all the cattle in Ireland would die from nicophorus. It is said he died from roteye.
- Collector
- Murtie Dowling
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Mr James Crowley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Leagh, Co. Kerry
