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Clogher, Co. Mayo
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M. Ó Gealbháin
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    1 Measuring the Head.
    2 The Weavers Sprain thread.
    3 The "Cliarín"
    4 The "Evil" Plaster.
    1 This cures the headache.
    Only special persons have the power or - charm. The head is "measured" both ways- that means that a stitch of thread, silk preferably, is wound round the head a Under the chin and around the top of the head and B around by the forehead the difference between the two lengths tells if the bones of the head "are opened out." The operator says long prayers in Irish but I have not been told the prayers.
    Mrs. Mullaney Belcarra (aged 79 now) tells me that Pat Dahy Roslahan, Belcarra measured her head and cured her of a splitting headache Pat prayed a lot she says.
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    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
    Micheál Ó Gealbháin
    Gender
    Male