School: Móinín na Tuigheadh (roll number 16537)
- Location:
- Moneenatieve, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Mhic Mhurchadha
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The seventh son of the family has the cure of the ringworm.
Water that is got in a stone is the cure of the toothache.
A child who never saw its father has the cure of the foul-mouth.
Nettle tea is the cure of the measles.
To go out under a donkey foal that never was ridden on is the cure of the whooping cough.
The cure of the strain is a piece of string with some prayers said over it and sprinkled with holy water. This cure is handed from a man to a woman and from a woman to a man.
