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School: Baile Mhic Dáibhid (Ballydevitte) (roll number 3854)

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Ballydevitt Beg, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mac an Luain
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    people of the same surname they will be able to cure him.
    (7) If one has heart fever he goes to someone who has a cure for it. This person fills an eggstand of oatmeal and and [sic] measures the diseased person round the body about the heart with it and if a little hollow appears in the oatmeal the person is sure to have heart fever. Then the one who knows the cure makes six cakes of the same oatmeal and gives them to the sufferer. Telling him to eat them when he returns home. This ceremony is repeated three times and the cure has always been effective.
    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
    Patrick J. Muldoon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Doonan, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Seosaibh Ó Maoldúin
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Saor adhmaid
    Address
    Doonan, Co. Donegal