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School: Grange (roll number 3759)

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Grange, Co. Sligo
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Tomás de Búrca
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    person's mouth three times for three mornings. Both he and the person affected must be fasting.
    There is also another cure for a burn. Any person who licks an animal call a "mankeeper" may have this cure. All he has to do is to lick the burn on the person's body.
    A person who has warts can cure them by mixing his spittle with ashes while he is fasting in the morning, and by rubbing the mixture on the warts.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr James Rooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Aghagad, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Michael Feeney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Aghagad, Co. Sligo