School: Westland (roll number 8428)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs E.J. Roberts
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- (continued from previous page)of her clothes and burn them and hold the smoke under her nose. It was to be done three times.
His sister was living in a house with him, and she tried hard to get a piece of the neighbour's clothes but she could not. So one night she went out and cut a piece of a garment which was out on a hedge not far from the woman's house.
She brought it home and did as the other man had said, and the first time it gave him relief, and the last time he was quite better.
When he was quite better, his friend came to see him again and he said to prevent this happening again, that every time the man would see the woman he was to say, "God bless your heart and eyes," and he did so and he was never sick from that out till he died. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Collector
- Betty Mc Whirter
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drumlayne, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mr R. Mc Whirter
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumlayne, Co. Meath