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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 179

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    meet. When a person would get a burn long ago it was the custom to lick a mankeeper - a fly that lives in the water - nine times and then the burn would get better directly.
    If a dog would happen to bite you the dog would have to be drowned in case the cut would not get better.
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    The people used to cure toothache with rasan flowers. It is a flower that grows on top of a clay well. It is still to be found. The people used it by rubbing against the teeth.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    14
    Address
    Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    Peter Carroll
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Liscumasky, Co. Monaghan