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School: Baile Mac Rabhartaigh (roll number 3978)

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Ballymagrorty, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Fiannaidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1032, Page 231

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    Ring Worm
    The cure for the ring worm is to write your name round the sore.
    Warts
    To get a snail and rub it to the warts in the three best names and to tie the snail to a bush and when the snail dies the warts will go away. This is the cure for warts.
    Chilblains
    A roasted onion is the cure for chilblains. When it is roasted it is cut into small pieces and then put on the chilblains.
    Whooping-cough
    There are two cures for this cough. One is to get a dearg – deal and put it in a bottle and when it will die the cough will go away. Another is to ask the first man that you will know that has a white horse what is the cure for the [w]hooping – cough what ever he will tell you, you must do it.
    Foul-mouth
    A child that never saw its father has the cure for the foul-mouth. John Mc Groary Glen-town has this 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
    Informant
    Mrs Cox
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    30
    Address
    Rockhill, Co. Donegal