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School: Termonfeckin (roll number 16209)

Location:
Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
Teacher:
T. Ó Corcoráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0676, Page 061

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    toothache. If a person had a skin disease they would rub a fasting spit on it for three mornings.
    There is a well in the district called Trinity well. It is said that a blind woman went to this well and washed her eyes in the water and she was cured. There is a cure for sore eyes in this well.
    It is said that if a child with the whooping cough is thrown under a donkey three times the child will be cured. If a person had a cold and puts a frog in a box and coughs into the box they will be cured.
    The juice of the dandeloin is supposed to cure warts.
    Some people have cures. It is said that a person who never seen his or her father has a cure for
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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
    Briget Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Termonfeckin, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Termonfeckin, Co. Louth