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1. Cures - Sprain Thread (continued)

   

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   been sent to England to cure boys from Belcarra district who suffered from Sprain in England where they went to work.
   Thomas Naughton was (or is) a shoemaker. He is aged 79 years (in 1938) and is now in the County Home, Castlebar. Tommie is able to make a plaster that can cure the "Evil" which is some thing like a running sore.
   He instanced to me the case of a neighbour who had the Evil in his face. The doctors could not cure it. He got Tommie's plaster and it cured him in a short time.

   

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2. Cures - Cléithín

   

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   The curer of the Cléithín enjoys quite a reputation. O'Hora of Ballyvary is almost famous. The cléithín is also called the spool of the breast. A bone or something in the breast, they say falls down out of its place and must be lifted up into its place.

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
            1. medicine for human sicknesses
               1. fallen breastbone (~18)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Micheál Ó Gealbháin

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Mrs Garry

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   75

   Address

   Knockboy, Co. Mayo