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School: Cúl Árann (Clochar)

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Coolaran, Co. Galway
Teacher:
An tSr Fionnbharr Nic Chárthaig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0020, Page 0099

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    The cure for a cold is boiled buttermilk and oaten meal and another is hot porter and pepper.
    The cure for the chin cough is to boil the milk a ferret has been drinking and drink it.
    The cure for a hi-cup is a pinch of sugar and if you hand a glass of water with-out his asking for it they say it will take a hi-cup away.
    The cure for a pain in the stomach is to stand on your head and to spit under a stone . A foxes tongue is able to take out a thorn and it is said that if a dog licks a sore that he will cure it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Doyle
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coolaran, Co. Galway
    Informant
    William Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Galway