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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 190

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    she used to cure it was-she would place a glass on the part effected and then she would say some prayers and gradually the glass would draw the flesh out and the "cliatien" would be again raised.
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    Long ago the people used to get a sickness called "the afternoon fever". It was a severe headache. The person wouldn't get it atall in the morning. It would only come afternoon. Some people had cures for it. My great-grandmother had a cure for it.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Teresa Noone
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Thomas Noone
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Gorteenacammadil, Co. Roscommon