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School: Ráth Coille (roll number 15705)

Location:
Rathkell, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aindrias Ó Mórdha
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  1. A Cure for Chincough

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    The chin-cough can be cured in the following way:-
    Pull two or three ribs of hair from an orphan's head who had never seen its father. Then boil them in milk and when they are boiling for about ten minutes take them up and strain them out of the milk. Then the patient should drink a wine-glass of the milk and it will check the cough.
    My cousin who had the chin-cough was cured in that way.
    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. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Loretta O' Malley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Michael O' Malley
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killeen, Co. Mayo