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School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

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Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
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An Bráthair Naiti
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 113

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    There is a well in the townland of Carrickboy in which there is a cure for a headache.
    There is a man named Gallagher who lives near Lough Derg has a cure for zema [a rash which breaks out on the skin]
    There s a woman named Mrs Cassidy who lives in Higginstown and she has the cure for a sprain
    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
    Michael Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrickboy, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Grath
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Carrickboy, Co. Donegal