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School: Aodh Rua, Dún na nGall (roll number 13382)

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Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Séamus Mag Shamhráin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1034, Page 250

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    applied to the boils it will banish them. Another cure for boils, is to rub some archangle tar on them.
    Toothache: When a stone is boiled accidently, it will cure the toothache, if rubbed on the effected part. Another cure for toothache is to rub the gizzard of a hen on the effected part three times, and while rubbing say In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy ghost. Amen. “The gizzard should then be burried and never be dug up again.
    Red water: Give the animal a drink of blue-till water and it is cured
    Gape: The gape in birds is cured by lime
    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 Mac Mullin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumroosk, Co. Donegal