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School: Baile an Churraigh

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Ballincurry, Co. Galway
Teacher:
A. L. Ó Maoileannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0015, Page 633

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    Local Cures
    I. In the olden days if a child got "mumps", three nibs of hair were got from its grandmothers' head and those were tied with a red ribbon, and hung around the Childs' neck.
    II Heron's vomit which is to be found along the banks of rivers was supposed to cure a burn.
    III A child affected with "Thrush" was brought to a man who had never seen his father who was supposed to cure it by blowing into its ear.
    Mary Frs. Hurley,
    Ballincurry
    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
    Mary Frances Hurley
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballincurry, Co. Galway