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School: Milford (roll number 10586)

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Millford, Co. Donegal
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James Mc Veigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1087, Page 107

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    107
    The Cure for the Scrofula.
    The seventh son in a family is supposed to be the one who can cure the scrofula or the evil.
    People who have this disease are supposed to come to this man three Mondays after each other before the sun rises.
    This disease is cured by rubbing a sixpence with a fasting spittle on it on the sore part of the body.
    When this is done the scrofula is cured.
    My mother's uncle had the cure for the scrofula and he cured lots of people.
    Name: Ira Glenn, Milford.
    Told by: Frank Glenn (54 yrs), Milford.
    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. scrofula (~18)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ita Glenn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Frank Glenn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Millford, Co. Donegal