School: Creganbane (roll number 14079)

Location:
Cregganbaun, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Dáithí Mag Réill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 14_015

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137B, Page 14_015

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  1. A cure for wildfire is to rub gold of it.
    If a person burns his hand or any part of his body and if it is paining him or her if she sticks her hand in in the bag of flower it will stop the pain and wont let the blister rise.
    Another cure for wildfire is to put a coal near it and say "Tugai do theine a theine Dhia"
    A cure for a sprain is to pull it and say "An leonadh seo" three times. Then the one that was sprain would
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Collector
    Tommie Duffy
    Gender
    Male