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School: Dunleer (B.) (roll number 1306)

Location:
Dunleer, Co. Louth
Teacher:
M. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0673, Page 159

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    1. I have heard many local cures. Some of them are very good. Those cures were used by the people around here in olden times.
    2. If you had the whooping cough and drink milk that a ferret touches, it will cure you.
    3. If you have a wart and find a snail and rub it to the wart. Then to hang the snail up and as the snail
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick King
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Patrick Bellew
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Dunleer, Co. Louth