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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0993, Page 006

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    Some people often took a pain in their stomach and they called it a colic. They believed that the cure for it was hot sweet milk and gun powder mixed and they would drink that.
    Another cure they believed in was when people have a pain in their back. There was a certain man who had the cure named Mr James Williamson, Ceurfad, Lavey, he would leave them lying on the ground and he would walk on their back and they were not allowed to swear for so many days afterwards
    Adina Heaney, Drumeagle, Crosserlough, Co Cavan
    Material obtained from
    Mr Thomas Boylan, Drumeagle, Crosserlough, Co Cavan
    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
    Adina Heaney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumegil, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr Thomas Boylan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumegil, Co. Cavan