School: Lurga, Patrick's Well (roll number 10317)
- Location:
- Kilcolman, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Bhroin
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- Born With a "Caul".If a child is born with a caul. It will never be drowned. The captain of a ship would give you 100 for a caul - People here believe that a young fellow called J. Frawley, fell of a high tree. He had a miraculous escape. His mother believes he would have been killied but that he was born with a caul and that he is lucky.People here born with caul. Mary E. O'Byrne, Jimmy Frawley, Mary O'Brien, Teresa Neville, If the caul is rubbed to a birthmark it will take it away. Mrs. Sheehan, Bresca, says Mrs. Foley rubbed a caul to Mrs. Kelly's daughter. Rivermount who had a birthmark and i cured her.
People keep the "caul". Mrs. frawley keeps it in her prayerbook.