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School: Cilltighearnáin/Kiltiernan (roll number 11812)

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Kiltiernan West, Co. Galway
Teacher:
S. Ó Beirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0033C, Page 01_008

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    to put water in your mouth, and to stay by the fire till it boils. Then the teethaches are said to be cured.
    The cure for whooper-cough is to keep walking till you meet a man on a white horse and to ask him for a cure. That cure is said to be the right cure.
    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
    Ciaran Ó' Beirn
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs J. Burns
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Laban, Co. Galway