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School: St Columba’s, Coggale

Location:
Cogaula, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P. Ó Fiacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088, Page 481

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    a coal from the fire and hold it near the sore part & say "huggada huggada an teine í" Do this three times with three different coals.
    If an animal is cut pull hemlock from the roots. Boil the roots & put the juice on the sore.
    If you have "a sty" on the eye and to get a thorn from a gooseberry bush & point it towards it it would go
    If your foot is sprained go to a waterfall; hold the sprained part under the falling water
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English