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School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

Location:
Muingwore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
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    Pick ten gooseberry thorns, throw away the tenth, point the nine that are left, one by one, to the "sleamnáin" saying In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Hold Ghost, each time you point a thorn.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. sties (~76)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Queenan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Ballymoghany, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs C. Queenan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballymoghany, Co. Sligo