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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

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Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 501

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    Folklore
    Local Cures
    Long ago people used to be cured from diseases by local medicine.
    The could cure toothache by getting a frog gutting it and stewing it and then putting it into the bad tooth.
    For rash they used to get the white part of an egg and put sugar into it, and it was supposed to cure them within four days.
    They used to cure headaches by going to a holy well and staying there head downwards for three hours and then rubbing three drops of the water of their forehead with a quill.
    Twins were supposed to be able to cure a deaf person by breathing into his ear three times.
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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
    Nancy Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilvine, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Bridget Noonan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilvine, Co. Mayo