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School: Wolfhill (roll number 3457)

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Wolfhill, Co. Laois
Teacher:
P. Ó Dubhlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 244

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    The Chin Cough
    When the patient is passed three times under and over an ass he will recover quickly Another cure is for the patient to touch a piebald horse.
    The Mumps
    When the child is rubbed along the back of a pig the mumps will pass to the pig from the child
    A Stye on the eye
    The cure is to point a gooseberry thorn at it and to say "away, away" nine times
    A burn
    Boil the bark of an alder tree and sheep's suet together until they form an ointment This will cure a burn
    It is said that the seventh son can cure all kinds
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    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
    Ita Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slatt Lower, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Bridget Delaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Aughatubbrid or Chatsworth, Co. Kilkenny