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School: Glencar

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Glencar Scotch, Co. Donegal
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Brigid Mc Daid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1083, Page 294

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  1. A Cure for the Mumps

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    A well known cure for the mumps and one much used in Donegal is for the person suffering from the mumps to put on a horses winkers and then proceed to a stream or well. Arrived at the stream or well he was supposed to drink from it if he wished to get 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. mumps (~70)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Glencar Irish, Co. Donegal