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School: Ráth Morgáin (roll number 15966)

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Ráth Muireagáin, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Bean Uí Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0130, Page 390

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    Cure for a bleeding finger
    If your finger got cut and if you would put a cobweb or get the ''slánlus'' and cut it up in a small bits and mix a bit of butter along with it and put it on it, it would stop bleeding.
    Cure for toothache
    If you had toothache and to chew the leg of a frog you would get all right.
    Cure for staggers
    If a sheep had staggers and if you would bleed her she would get all right.
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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
    Micheál Mac Aindriú
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gortmore, Co. Mayo