School: Glenidan (roll number 12862)
- Location:
- Glenidan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhaoldhia
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- There is a woman in Ballifore who can cure the heart. The sick person would bring three eggs and a saucepan of oaten meal. The meal is packed in the saucepan. Then the woman prays over the eggs until they sweat, and then when she looks at the meal some of it is gone. The patient eats one of the eggs in the morning and a cake is made from the oaten meal. The patient eats the cake and throws the end of it to the cat.
There is a man in Gortloney named Frank Reilly who(continues on next page)