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    The Cure For A Sprain
    The cure for a sprain is to get a person, whose feet appeared first when they were born, to rub the sprained part. It must be rubbed three times for three nights in succession.
    This cure is common to most parts of Donegal.
    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. sprains (~94)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Annie Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Glencar Irish, Co. Donegal