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School: Muclach

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An Muclach, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
Teacher:
S. Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0805, Page 025

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    boil. Roast a fig and put it on the gum-boil and after a while the gum-boil breaks. Bog-moss is a cure for wounds. Long ago people gathered it and sent away.
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  2. A Funny Story

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    Once one a time there lived a poor man an woman in the country. They were wishing for something to eat. Then they heard a knock at the door and a little man came in and told them they could have tree wishes. Anything they wished for they could have it. So the old woman whiched she had a ring of black pudding. As it came down the chimmney the old man was very angry and
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    Folktales index
    AT0750A: The Wishes
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    An Baile Ard, Co. Uíbh Fhailí
    Informant
    Mr Bracken
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    An Baile Ard, Co. Uíbh Fhailí