School: Knocknagilla
- Location:
- Knocknagillagh, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. Mac Giolla Críost
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 272
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- (continued from previous page)animal to drink.
'Leckna mumps'. Leckna was cured, by being dragged round the pig-sty with a halter.
'A sty on the eye'. was cured by pointing nine gooseberry thorns at the eye and throwing one away.
'A cut'. A cut was cured by pulling a leaf of 'slanlies', chewing it, and putting it on the cut.
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- Collector
- Nancy Smith
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Bernard Connelly
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Aghadreenagh, Co. Cavan
- 'Wild-fire' used to be cured with a gold coin.
A 'Stone-bruise' is cured by putting a(continues on next page)
