School: St John's Monastery, Ballaghderreen (roll number 13709)
- Location:
- Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: An Br. P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0241, Page 233
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they were all in vain.
The souls of the saint and his monks are still to be seen, lying on the walls. There is also an old tin plate with strange writing on it, but, it is so blackened with age that no one can read it.
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An Old Cure
Church-yard clay, or clay from a cemetery in hot milk - then run- was a cure for for "falling sickness"
- Church-yard clay, or clay from a cemetery in hot milk - then drunk - was a cure for for "falling sickness"
- Collector
- Seumas Lavin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 16
- Address
- Frenchpark, Co. Roscommon
- Informant
- Thomas Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 82
- Address
- Sheevannan, Co. Roscommon
