School: Teampull Dubhglaise (roll number 6968)

Location:
Drumbologe, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán C. Ó Dómhnaill
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  1. Told to me by my parents.
    Cures: There is a cure for the toothache down on a stone at Templedouglas Abbey.
    2. There is a cure for the Rose in Glendowan used by an old woman.
    3. There is a cure for a "stye on the eye" by jagging it nine times with the branch of a gooseberry bush.
    4. There is a cure for the whooping - cough by taking a donkey to the street, giving it some oaten-bread and putting the child under the donkey three times, and then eat the crumbs which falls from the donkey's mouth.
    5. There is a cure on the dog's tongue for a "sore" or "hurt".
    6. There is a cure for a sprain used by a man named
    James Callaghan.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    15
    Address
    Fahykeen, Co. Donegal