School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)
- Location:
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: An Bráthair Naiti
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- XML “Cure for the Mumps”
- XML “Cure for Influenza”
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- Collector
- Patrick Croal
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mrs Croal
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- c. 80
- Address
- Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
- A sweat house was a little house under the ground in which a huge fire was lit. People suffering from influenza were put into these houses. They were rolled in blankets and stayed there until the cold was sweated out of them.