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School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)

Location:
Rathkell, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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    A burn can be cured in the following way:-
    It is said that if a child only a few days old, licked a mankeeper that that child would have a cure for a burn. A mankeeper is a small little animal about the size of a frog but darker in colour and is generally got in bogs or marshy spots.
    My Aunt, who lived near Westport but is now dead, licked a mankeeper when she was two days and anyone who ever came to her with a burn she cured.
    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. burns (~116)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Loretta O' Malley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs O' Malley
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo