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School: Bog-fhód (Buckode) (roll number 3736)

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Buckode, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Muiris Mac Gearailt
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0191, Page 251

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    Sweat Houses
    Long long ago before doctor, nurses, medicine or hospitals were heard of in this parish, sick people who caught a chill or a cold were put into a wee house called a sweat house and left there for about three hours.
    The sweat house was a small house circular in shape about six feet in diameter and and seven feet high. The door was just a hole in the side and a person had to creep in on their hands and face. The house itself was made of clay and roofed with "scraws".
    Before the patient went in a big turf fire was lighting
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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
    Nellie Mc Gowan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kinlough, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs Ronan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Kinlough, Co. Leitrim