School: Cliffoney (B.) (roll number 13882)
- Location:
- Cliffony, Co. Sligo
- Teacher: Patrick Mc Hugh
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- Years ago when a person was suffering from the "Mumps" somebody got an ass's halter and led the sick person to a three mearing water. Then the sick person drank three drinks of this water saying while doing so "In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen" three times, namely one time for each drink.
Within a day's time the sick person was completely cured. - A man named Francis Healy who lives in the townland of Crearyheel, Parish of Ahamlish,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patrick Mc Hugh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Address
- Cliffony, Co. Sligo
- Informant
- Roddy Burns
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Cloysparra, Co. Sligo