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School: Clochar Lughaidh, Coillte Mághach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0119, Page 62

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    Nettles boiled in a little sup of water and then drunk is very good for any kind of rash for the whole year around.
    If a person meets a man riding on a white horse and asks him what is good for the whooping cough it is said that whatever he says is good to cure the whooping-cough.
    Another cure for the whopping cough is to give bread to a donkey to eat it and if the person who has the whooping-cough crosses under the donkey and picks up
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Costello
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caher, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Ellen Waldron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Caher, Co. Mayo