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School: Cluain Fhada (C.) (roll number 15558)

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Cloonfad, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Mrs. Flood
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0248, Page 147

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    Chin Cough- To drink the milk that a ferret would leave after him.
    Boils- White bread steeped in boiling water and left on the boil.
    Ceáilesch- Tie a strap of leather around the wrist.
    Nose Bleeding- Hold something cold at the back of neck.
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    Chin Cough- If you took the meal that would fall from a mare at the mill and ate it, it would cure the chin-cough.
    Toothache- They used to get their teeth pulled by the blacksmiths.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Coyne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tonregee, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    James Coyne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    62
    Address
    Tonregee, Co. Mayo