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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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  1. Local Cures

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    Sore Eyes:- To wash your eyes with cold tea.
    Ring-Worm:- the seventh son of a family has a cure for the ring-worm.
    Chin Cough:- To put you under a donkey and over his head three times.
    Toothache:- To rub a frog along your teeth.
    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
    Ellen Mc Guire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballykilleen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Michael Mc Guire
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Ballykilleen, Co. Mayo

  2. Local Cures

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    Chin-Cough:- To drink donkeys milk.
    Corns:- To put the skin of an onion on them.
    Head-ache:- To hold you head over the steam of the tea-pot.
    Leicneac:- To warm chicken-weed and put it on your face, or a stocking of hot salt.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit