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School: Curraghmore (roll number 12714)

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Curraghmore, Co. Westmeath
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Mrs Mc Donagh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 105

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    sign of the cross.
    The cure for a burn is butter - milk and bread-soda.
    Seamus Buckley,
    Wooddown,
    Mullingar
    Obtained from:
    James Buckley (40)
    (same address)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit

  2. Cures

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    The cure of the warts is to rub a snail three times to it making the sign of the cross.
    The cure of the whooping cough is a red string put round your neck by your God mother or God father.
    The cure of a cough is the juice of a turnip and sugar.
    (continues on next page)
    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
    Baba Carty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Wooddown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Cormack
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Wooddown, Co. Westmeath