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School: Gortnessy (roll number 7235)

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Gortinessy, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Nic Sheáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1030, Page 336

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    Measles.
    Nettle tea is supposed to be [sic] cure for measles.
    Warts.
    Rubbing a black snail on warts is supposed to be a cure. After the snail is rubbed on, it is put on a thorn bush and when the snail withers away the wart is supposed to go away.
    Corns.
    Ivy leaves and vinegar are supposed to be a cure.
    Mumps.
    If a man and his wife are of the same surname it is supposed that one child of theirs has a charm to cure mumps.
    To put a pair of winkers on the person who has the mumps and lead them to a stream running south is supposed to be a cure.
    Colds.
    Boiled sugar and buttermilk is supposed to be a cure for a cold.
    Stye on the eye.
    It is supposed that if you prick a stye on your eye nine times with nine different gooseberry thorns that it will cure it.
    Chilblains. [?]
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    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
    Ernest Crawford
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cullion, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Miss A. Clinton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    26
    Address
    Tullylark, Co. Donegal