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School: Mín Riabhach (roll number 17050)

Location:
Meenreagh, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Anton Ó Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1097, Page 31

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    The following cures were carried on by the old people.
    If you get a white stone in the bog and carry it in your pocket it is supposed to cure the toothache.
    When anyone has the whooping-cough he can be cured by going out between the donkey’s two legs three times.
    A person whose father and mother are of the same name can rub for a strain.
    A cure for warts is an herb which grows in the corn called the “Seven-
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick J. Gallen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenreagh, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mr James Gallen
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Meenreagh, Co. Donegal