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School: Dún na nGall (roll number 2252)

Location:
Donegal, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
E. E. Oldfield
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 013

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1036, Page 013

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  1. Local Cures (continued)

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    Leaves are broken and the juice is squeezed into the eyes.
    Oliver snuff and fresh butter is a cure for ring worm. The snuff and butter are mixed together and applied to the spot with a flat piece of wood.
    A child who is suffering from whooping cough is put under a donkey three times in the name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
    If a person having the toothache went to the graveyard and got the jaw bone of a dead person and put it into his own mouth in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, it is supposed to be a sure cure for the toothache
    A black snail is a cure for a bielding [?] the snail is split open and put on the bielding.
    Young nettles are gathered washed and boiled and then strained. Then the water is drunk as a cure for a rash.
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    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 J. Ellis
    Other names
    Mrs J. Ellis
    Mrs Whyte
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Donegal, Co. Donegal