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School: Scoil na gCeithre Máighistrí, Dún na nGall (roll number 14247)

Location:
Copany, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Cathal Mag Fhionntaigh
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    Mumps
    Get a man or a woman whose father and mother were of the same name to put a pair of donkeys winkers on you and lead you to a river.
    Then make The Sign of the Cross on your forehead and drink three sips of the water and say “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)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. mumps (~70)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní hÁille
    Gender
    Female