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School: Baile Gaedhaelach (C.)

Location:
Irishtown, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Manus
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 507

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    Long ago the people used to cure diseases in the former way. How they used to cure tooth ache they used to get a frog goot him and chew him.
    How the people used to cure warts by going to a place where there would be water lodged in a stone and wash there hands there. People were cured by going to a holy well and knelt beside it and taste the water and pray for God to cure them.
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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 Hopkins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lawaus, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs D. Hopkins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lawaus, Co. Mayo