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School: Gartan (roll number 13755)

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  1. A Local Cure for Mumps

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    In this locality the people believe in a simple cure for Mumps. A person puts a horses halter on the one that is sick and leads him to a stream. Here the man or woman who leads the sick person throws some water on him and he soon recovers. The parents of the one who cures had the same surname before marriage.
    Next door to my home in the townland of Carrowtrasna in the Parish of Gartan there is a lady named Mrs Mary Doohan who cures Mumps in this way. My sister Florrie was cured by her.
    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
    David Bovaird
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowtrasna, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    John Bovaird
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    73
    Address
    Carrowtrasna, Co. Donegal