School: Ballyjamesduff (B.)
- Location:
- Ballyjamesduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: T. O' Donovan
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- (continued from previous page)the hollows between the hills, there are small patches of bog. There are no woods in this district, except a few small trees growing here, and there, along the hedges. There is a small river flowing along this townland into the River Inny, which flows into Lough Sheelin.
- The old people around this district of Ballyjamesduff have some means of curing certain kinds of diseases, and here is one of them.
A "whittle" is a very common sort of disease, and many people around this district who had this disease, have been cured by a man, named Michael Galligan, who lives in the townland of Carn, in the parish of Castlerahan.(continues on next page)- Collector
- Bernard Gaffney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Claddagh, Co. Cavan