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School: Baile an Bhile (C.) (roll number 15488)

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Ballinvilla Demesne, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bríd Nic Giollachlaoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0110, Page 323

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    get better.
    Another cure for whooping cough is to get a ferret and give him milk and what ever he would leave after him would be given to the child to drink.
    A posthumous child had a cure for a sore mouth, when she would blow into it, it would get better.
    Camomile and garlic boiled were a cure for a headache, sometimes they would tie a tape round the forehead to ease the pain.
    When they sprained their wrists
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mona Hunt
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Thomas Hunt
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Keebagh, Co. Mayo