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School: Lathaigh (Laghey)

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Laghy, Co. Donegal
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Proinsias Mac Pháidín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 111

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    The cure for a stye is to get ten gooseberry stabs and point nine of them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost to the stye and throw away the tenth one.
    The person who has the cure for a foul mouth would be a man or woman that never saw their father. This is how they make the cure. The blow their breath on the person three times in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
    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
    Willie Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Eddie Gorman
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 55
    Address
    Greaghs, Co. Donegal