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School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

Location:
Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 158

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    The brains of a rabbit would cure mushroom poison.
    A sty on your eye is cured by pointing a gooseberry throrn at it.
    The seventh son of the seventh son would be a doctor perhaps not a professonal one but he could cure all ills. A child born on Christmas day could see Ghosts and command fairies.
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  2. Local Cures

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    To cure the whoopiong cough a person should go under a donkey's legs three times. Each time a piece of bread is given to the donkey. Each time the person passes between the donkey's legs let him eat the crumbs that fall from the donkey's mouth and kiss the cross
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Cotterell
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr William Cotterell
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    47
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kilkenny