School: Seosamh Naomhtha (roll number 16640)

Location:
Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
An Bráthair Naiti
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1028, Page 46

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  2. XML Page 46
  3. XML “Cure for Mumps”
  4. XML “Cure for Itch”
  5. XML “Cure for Chincough”
  6. XML “Cure for Warts”
  7. XML “Cure for Headache”

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  1. Every son and daughter has the cure for the mumps if they have a father and mother of the one name: I you get this person to lead you by a rope to water you will soon be cured.
    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)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mac Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Mc Grath
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    c. 40
    Address
    Carrickboy, Co. Donegal
  2. There is a cure for warts by getting a hole in a stone in which there is water a rub it on the wart but you must not be looking for it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.