School: Attymass B.

Location:
Attymass, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
P. Ó Flannghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 330

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0127, Page 330

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  1. Warts :- To get rid of warts people wash them in a stone where water lodges.
    They also take froth off the water that boils potatoes and leave it on the warts.
    Boils :- The best cure for a boil is to fill a bottle with steam and leave it on the boil
    Chin Cough :- If you had the chin[?] cough and meet a man riding on a white horse and ask him for a [?] whatever he says is a cure it will cure you
    Also if you caught a fish by accident (you might catch him in your bucket while lifting water ) and put three drops out of his mouth into the mouth of the person sick.
    Toothache :- To cure a tooth ache people smoke tobacco, chew tobacco
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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
    Patrick Durcan
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Durcan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Boyhollagh, Co. Mayo