School: Prosperous (B.), Naas (roll number 8763)
- Location:
- An Chorrchoill, Co. Chill Dara
- Teacher: Ml. Ó Brosnacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 442
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“There is a cure used by an old woman in Prosperous for a sore throat.”
There is a cure used by an old woman in Prosperous for a sore throat. It is a stocking full of salt. She tries it round her neck and her sore throat is cured.
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“There is a castle in Blackwood which belonged to the Fitzgeralds of Leinster.”
There is a castle in Blackwood which belonged to the Fitzgeralds of Leinster. When Cromwell came to Ireland he destroyed it. It is at present in ruins. There is also strange letters on it's walls which are four feet in width. (no title)
“Cornelius Kay was a hadge school master in Prosperous and he was a great poet.”
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- Thomas Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Address
- Baile Lándan, Co. Chill Dara