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School: Dearg Dún (roll number 10894)

Location:
Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Máire Ní Lochlainn
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    Local Cures
    If the father and mother are of the same name their children will have the cure of the Mumps.
    To cure a wart on the hand rub a black snail to it and then hang the snail to it, and then hang the snail on a bush, when the snail has withered away the wart is cured.
    If a person has the Measles and goes out under an ass three times he will be cured.
    A sty on the eye will be healed by picking ten goose berry thorns and throwing one away, putting one of the nine to each each of nine mornings.
    Buttermilk will cure a sting of a wasp and 'blue' will cure a sting of a bee.
    If you have a pain in your wrist tie a band tightly on it and it
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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
    Fred Forbes
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coollegreane, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Michael J. Gilmartin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    John Sheerin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dergvone, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Pat Hearte
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Dergvone, Co. Leitrim