School: Manorvaughan (roll number 10507)

Location:
Rawros, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Mary E. Alcorn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1078, Page 134

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  1. There is a man living in Old Town called Neil Duffy and he can cure a sprained foot.
    There is another man living in Gortnabrade called Charles MacClafferty and he can cure the evil.
    There is another man living in Gortnabrade called William MacBride and he can cure the evil also.
    The people say that the seventh son has a cure and the eight son has a double cure.
    The cure for rheumatics is eat a piece of nutmeg every day.
    If you were walking along the shore and happened to come to a hole of water in a rock, and then wash your hands in it, it is a cure for worts.
    A cure for a sore head is, to put vinegar on a cloth and tie it on your head. It can also cure a sore throat.
    If you cut out the black spot that is on a frog's back, and hide it under a stone it is supposed to be a cure for toothache.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Cyril Hall
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghalatty, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Thomas Hall
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Address
    Aghalatty, Co. Donegal