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School: Coiscéim (C.), Átha Treasna (roll number 10079)

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Newmarket, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Máire Bean Uí Nialláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0356, Page 222

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    A cure for measles in a child was to put her under a donkey's stomach three times. A cure for craobhfhabhar is to rub a gold ring to it in the form of the sign of the cross nine times each morning for three mornings.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    A fasting spit rubbed to the eye for nine mornings was said to be another cure for craobhfhabhar.
    A cure for warts to put a piece of meat in a manure heap and not to let any body know about it and when the meat would be rotten the warts would be gone.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Nell Mc Auliffe
    Gender
    Female