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School: Abbey (Naomh Feichín)

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Abbey, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Séan de Paor
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0052, Page 0311

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    1. Sulpher and lard mixed together cures scabs. Soap and sugar cures boils. The seventh son in a family can cure some disease. A child that never saw his (flather) father has a cure for some disease.
    2. Bread soda is able to cure a burn bold water cures teethaches. If you met a man who owned a gray horse and to ask him for a cure for the whooping cough any cure he would give you would cure it.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Neil Conroy
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Michael Molloy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballygowan, Co. Galway