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   on the person and leading him around the pig's sty three times.
   There is a cure for the toothache by going to a grave-yard and pulling a tooth out of an old skull with your teeth an you will never have it again.
   Mickey Curry has the cure of a bleeding at the nose.

   

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2. Local Schools

   

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   Now as our education is quite secure we seldom recall to our minds how our ancestors got theirs or what kind of schools they had. At that time it was forbidden to teach school. There were no national schools as to-day. There were old hedge schools. At the turn of the road above Griffith's, Knappa, Shercock, there was an old disused shed. In

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. buildings
            1. schools (~4,094)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Martha Mc Cann

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drokaghbane, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   John Crossan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drokaghbane, Co. Cavan