School: Kinnitty
- Location:
- Kinnitty, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 276
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- Here are some of the cures in this locality.1. Thomas Byrne, Knockbarron, Kinnitty, is able to cure Warts. He gets ten knots of straw and throws away one knot. He touches the warts with every one of the knots and when he has the warts touched he buries the knots of straw in a cow-track and when the knots decay the warts decay also. Before he puts them in the ground he blesses himself.
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- Thomas Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Knockbarron, Co. Offaly
- Maureen Carry, in the townland of Knockbarron, in the district of Kinnitty, Co. Offaly, is able to cure the Thrush. The reason is because she was born after her father's death. She goes to the house where the(continues on next page)
