School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

Location:
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An Bráthair Naiti
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 109

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  3. XML “Cure for Warts”
  4. XML “Cure for the Mumps”

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  1. When you go into a butchers shop steal a little bit of meat and make sure there is nobody about. Bury this bit of meat and as the meat rots away the wart withers away.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. A person suffering from the mumps is brought to a running stream and the person must be blindfolded. The person is then given a spoonful of water and made walk over the stream three times. This is said to cure the mumps.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. mumps (~70)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Croal
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Miss Tracy
    Relation
    Not a relative
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    20