School: Breac-chluain (B.) (roll number 13389)
- Location:
- Brackloon, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Casaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0121, Page 359
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- The following are Cures for the Hic-Cough.
(1) Nine drops of water to be taken across the handle of a cup.
(2) Hold in a persons breath while counting to sixty.
(3) By taking a tight hold of your wrist.
(4) By telling a person a story that would frighten him such as telling that he stole something.Chin-Cough.
(1) Three spoonfulls of milk that the ferrits leave after them after drinking their milk.
(2) If you meet a man on a white horse and ask him for a cure for the chin-Cough. The first cure he tells you do it exactly and it will cure it.
(3) Three ribs of hair taken from a donkeys back and applied to the neck is supposed to cure the Chin-Cough.
Felunsach
(1) Gloss-a-Coille is a soft, rich, thick leaf that grows in a field. People use it along with unsalted(continues on next page)
- Collector
- James Campbell
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Midfield, Co. Mayo
