School: Saggart

Location:
Saggart, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
E. Ó Monacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 41

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0793, Page 41

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  1. For a bleeding in ones nose It is good to put the key of the door on the back of your neck. Anyone by the name of Keogh is supposed to be able to cure ringworm by bleeding their finger and rubbing the blood on the ringworm.
    If anyone has a sty on his eye it is said that if he goes to a married woman and let her rub her wedding ring on the sty three times it will be cured It is said that if one puts their fasting spittle nine times on a wart it will be cured.
    For whooping cough
    Put the chilld three times under a donkey and give the donkey a peice of bread and
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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
    Collector
    Madlín Nic Éacháin
    Gender
    Female