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School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

Location:
Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0370

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    In olden the people had many cures for disease. Here are some of them. A cure for the chin cough is. If one meet a man with a white horse and ask a cure for the chin cough of him. What ever cure you would get from him it would cure the chin-cough. A cure for consumption is. To throw a live frog on your beck and it would cure consumption. Not far from where I live there is a well. Most of the people around the district used to get cured from boils in it. To meet with a stone with water in it and to wash your foot it would cure
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Delia Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mrs Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kilgevrin, Co. Galway