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School: Baile an tSratha (roll number 17014)

Location:
Ballintra, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séarlus S. Ua Baoighill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1031, Page 248

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    The cure for toothache is to get a frog and put it into the mouth. Another cure for toothache is to get to a blacksmith and ask for three horse nails “For God’s Sake” and put them into a tree hanging over water.
    The cure for erysipelas is to get the ends of three candles burned over a corpse.
    The cure for a cut is (not) to get a dog of any king and let him lick the cut, and it will not turn septic. It is really a good cure.
    If the father and [mother?] are of the same name and if they had a son, the son would have the cure of the mumps. The actions done in this cure is to put the winkers of a donkey on the person and lead the person to a river. This remedy is supposed to be a good cure.
    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
    Cathal Britton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballintra, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Britton
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    64
    Address
    Ballintra, Co. Donegal