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School: Lios an Uisce (roll number 15647)

Location:
Lissinisk, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Máighréad Ní Chárthaigh
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    There is a cure for nearly all diseases in nearly all weeds that grow. The cure for the whooping cough is to go through a donkey's legs three times and then eat the oat meal that the donkey is eating. The cure for the measles is principally nettle water.
    Tessie McCarron
    Finnadurk
    Convoy
    Co. Donegal
    The material in the foregoing composition was obtained from
    Mr. Neal McCarron
    Finnadurk
    Convoy
    Co. Donegal
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie Mc Carron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Neal Mc Carron
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Finnadork Glebe, Co. Donegal