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School: Caisleán Mathúna (B) (roll number 16202)

Location:
Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
T. Ó Hárdaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0944, Page 004

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    then put in stocking before going to bed. b) two pounds of roasted salt in stocking and tied around throat.
    Burns: licking a mancreeper
    Sprain: cure made by saying "as I said if the lord healeth. so be it. in the name of the father and of the son and of the Holy Ghost.
    Rheumatism: keep a potato in your pocket until it withers.
    measles: when persons of the same name are married they are supposed to have a cure.
    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
    T. O Hardy
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Múinteoir