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School: Iubhrach (roll number 8074)

Location:
Uragh, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Cristíne Ní Shíoda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 255

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    In olden times the people made use of various cures. The cure for toothache was to rub a dead man's hand to the persons jaw. For a person suffering from whooping-cough the cure was to go out under a donkeys or to eat some of the food that a ferret would leave after him.
    If a person had warts on the hand and accidentally came across a stone with a little hole and water in it and washed the warts in the water they would disappear. The cure for a stye on the eye was to point ten gooseberry thorns at the eye for three days. The cure for ring-worm was for
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. A. O' Rourke
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Uragh, Co. Leitrim