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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Baile an Róba

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Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo
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    Whooping-Cough : The milk the ferret leaves after him if given when fresh.
    Mumps : To pass the child under a donkeys stomach without touching the donkey.
    Toothache : The water in the forge if put on when the pain is in it.
    Boils : Red soap, pepper, and goose-grease mixed, put on and rubbed well in.
    Warts : To rub a snail on it and tie the snail in white cloth and hang him on a white thorn bush.
    Dock Leaves : For burns of nettles.
    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
    Kitty Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo