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School: Dumha-chaisil

Location:
Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0117, Page 233

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    Other Local Cures
    Dust in the eye: the dust is extracted by means or prayer. When the prayers are said, the person who has the cure takes a mouthful of water and throws it again into a cup of clear water, then the dust will be seen in the cup.
    Warts:
    (1) some water found unexpectedly in the hollow of a stone is rubbed on the warts.
    (2) Another cure is to get some person to count them, they will then disappear, but they will then go on to the person that counted them.
    Head-fever:
    Certain people have
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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
    Mary Margaret Flannery
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballindoo or Doocastle, Co. Mayo