School: Adare Convent (roll number 9296)
- Location:
- Adare, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: An tSr. Mechtildes
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- (continued from previous page)went home and got a number of trees and planted them next night. then the same fairy came and told him to come out at twelve o'clock the next night. He came and his wife was waiting for him. He told him to pull her home and he did so and he never came to that fort again.Maire Ni. Mionacain, Droichead Treasna, Áth-Dara, Co. Lumnighe.From Ann Minihan, Croom (70 years)
- Old Cures.1. If a child has whooping cough you should bring him or her to a white horse and let him or her crawl three times between the horse's legs.2. Leavings of a ferret should be given to a child with the "Thuish".(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Máire Ní Mhíonacháin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drehidtarsna, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mrs Minihan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Croom, Co. Limerick