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School: Druim Caoin

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Drumkeen, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Seán A. Ó hArthaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1101, Page 190

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    Cures
    (1) Mumps = A person whose parents have the same surname may lead the person affected three times in succession across a stream flowing between the estates of two landlords.
    (2) Whooping-cough :- Go three times underneath a donkey and eat oat meal on which it has breathed.
    (3) Warts:- Cut a potato into ten parts. Rub the warts with nine of them and bury the ten where nobody will walk. Another one is to wash the warts with the blood of a pig.
    (4) For evil:- Rubbing the part by the seventh son of the family.
    (5) Toothache:- Refrain from combing the hair over Good Friday.
    (6) Heart feaver:- By measuring the person affected.
    (7) A Disease of cows locally known as shooting is supposed to be cured by measuring the animal affected.
    Fuar me na rudai seo o Mrs Marair
    Noreen Bradley
    Callan.
    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
    Noreen Bradley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Callan, Co. Donegal