School: Killomoran (roll number 15147)
- Location:
- Killomoran, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Delia Mc Kague
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0047, Page 0260
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- (continued from previous page)man riding on a white horse for a cure for chin cough of to go out under a grey horse.
A posthumous child to blow her breath three times into the mouth of the affected child was supposed to cure thrush.
A headache was cures by a man with a charm who measured your head and you had to go to him on certain days to have the measurements taken.
To cure cleithín (or breast bone down) you went to a person who was supposed to be able to rise it and you laid on you back on the table and there was a penny a candle and a tumbler put on your chest, some words(continues on next page)
