School: Kilmorgan (roll number 12444)

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   river where the three mearing water is found.

   

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2. Old Cures

   

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   This is an old cure which is supposed to cure cows or horses that are sick. The person that owns the sick beast gets an elf stone and puts it into a bucket or basin full of water. An elf stone is a short smooth and fairly thick stone. It is supposed to hav something to do with faries. When it is about five or ten minutes in the water, the water is given to the sick beast to drink. It is given to her three times in sucession. There are not many elf stones in the country. My grandfather had one long long ago, and it is still in our house.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. agriculture (~2,659)
            1. animal husbandry (~2,587)
               1. medicine for animal sicknesses (~175)
                  1. elf-shot (~18)
      2. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Brady

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Cloonlurg, Co. Sligo