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School: Rush Hall, Mountrath (roll number 12231)

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Rush Hall, Co. Laois
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P. Ó Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 312

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    for burns. And there was also a Delaney family in Loran and they were bone setters and they got the nickname of Doctors on account of setting bones. The people said long ago if any child had the whooping cough to go to a man that had a grey horse and what he said would cure it.
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    “On the 11th November long ago the people killed a fowl and put the blood in the four corners of the house....”

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Informant
    Mrs Byrne
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Lowran, Co. Laois