School: Árd-achadh (roll number 17098)

Location:
Ardagh, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Liam Ó Coinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 297

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0148, Page 297

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  1. 1. Ferrets leavings is a cure for "chin"-cough.
    2. The water in a forge is a cure for "chin"-cough.
    3. If you burn the hair of a child and to put the ashes in milk it will cure the "chin"-cough
    4. If you meet a man with a white horse, whatever cure he tells you will cure the "chin"-cough.
    5. If a man and wife of the same name drinks milk and what they leave will cure the "chin"-cough.
    6. If you have warts and to put the water out of the hole in a rock it will cure them. You must not look for the water.
    7. If you have a sty get a gooseberry branch with ten thorns on it. To point nine of the thorns at the sty and throw away the tenth. Do this three times. On Monday, Thursday and Monday
    8. The seventh son of a family has a cure for ringworm.
    9. If a dog bites you and let him lick the cut there will be no mark left.
    10. There is a rock between Killala and Ballina on the Ballina-Killala road and the water that is in the rock is a cure for tooth ache.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English