School: Iubhrach (roll number 8074)
- Location:
- Uragh, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Cristíne Ní Shíoda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0189, Page 256
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- (continued from previous page)the seventh son or daughter to rub their hand to the affected part for three days in succession.
- In former times the local people made their own cures.
Any person who was suffering from toothache could be cured by rubbing a dead hand to it, and by not shaving on Sunday. Children who were dying from the whooping cough were cured by food left behind by a ferret. This cure is used up to the present day. They could be cured also by going between a donkey's legs, while another man lead the animal. Ferns boiled in fresh butter is a cure for a burn.
Any man who licks a mankeeper has the cure of the burn. Any person who has warts could be cured by rubbing water found in a hole in a hole in a stone on them or by rubbing a black snail to them and to leave(continues on next page) - Collector
- K. Mc Gowan
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- Unshinagh, Co. Leitrim
