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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 0437

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    In olden times the people had a lot of cures for diseas such as
    Wild Fire:-
    It is said that when the wild fire begins to spread if the persons name was written round it. It would be getting smaller and smaller until it would be all gone.
    Whooping cough:- If a person had the whooping cough. They would be cured by going out before a man on a white horse and asking a cure of him. Whatever cure he would give would cure the whooping cough.
    Bun hole:- To put boiling water into a bottle and when the water
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    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
    Maureen Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kilgevrin, Co. Galway
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Kilgevrin, Co. Galway