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School: Landsdowne (Cuar na gCoileach) (roll number 6091)

Location:
Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry
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Eibhlín, Bean Uí Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0463, Page 407

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    got the cure. The lighting stones warmed the sea-water when and my grand-mother was bathed in it for three nights in cuccession. The pains abated the cure lay in whatever virtue the nine white stones themselves had. It was against the rule for anybody but the patient to gather the cloca bana redden them and put them into the brine to warm it but in this case my grandmother remembers the neighbouring woman to do it for her to express her gratitude to her favours received.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mossy Downing
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonee, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    Batt O Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coornagillagh, Co. Kerry