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School: Dangan (C.) (roll number 7499)

Location:
Dangan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Maighréad Ní Fhógartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 212

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  1. Cure for a Bleeding Nose

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    There is a prayer which when said for a bleeding nose, stops the flow of blood. This is it.
    My Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ went to the river Jordan to be baptised.
    Sweet was the water, good was the water.
    In the name of Jesus stop the blood.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. bleeding (~48)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Nugent
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinrig, Co. Meath

  2. Cure of the Wildfire

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    Michael Keogh Ballycadden, Enfield and Brigid Cowley the Moy, have this cure. These person rub their own spittle to the inflamed parts, while they pray over them.
    A cure for a burn is to run the part you burned to your hair or put bread soda on it.
    A cure for a sting of a nettle is to wet a butter dalkey and rub it to the sting saying dalkey, dalkey in and out take
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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