School: Robertson (roll number 13372)
- Location:
- Ballintra, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Somhairle Mac Ádhaimh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1033, Page 141
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- A cure for ringworm is to put a gold sovereign or a gold ring round it and it will keep it from spreading. A cure for heart fever is to go to a person who is supposed to be able to cure certain ailments. The patient is to get a bowl of oatmeal and put it against their heart three times in succession. If there is a hole in the meal the person had to make a cake of the meal and eat it and then they would be cured. The person who had the mumps was to be led to South running water, by a person whose father and mother’s surnames were the same. The patient had to be led with a pair of donkey’s or horse’s winkers. They had to be led three times and take a drink each time. An old cure for whooping cough was to take a drink of donkey’s milk.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bob Moore
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Murvagh Upper Glebe, Co. Donegal
