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School: Naomh Maolmaodhóg, Dúndealgan (roll number 15258)

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Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
S. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 217

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    “When a person has the mumps he must get the winkers of a horse and have them put on his head.”

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    When a person has the mumps he must get the winkers of a horse and have them put on his head. Then he has to be led into a pig-sty three times in succession making the sign of the cross each time he's led in. He will then be cured.
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    “If the hair on a boys head begins to fall he must get the marrow out of a bone and rub it on his head...”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Noel O' Neill
    Gender
    Male