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School: Islandanny (roll number 5748/9)

Location:
Rea, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Máire, Bean Uí Chatháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0406, Page 420

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    Children having Mumps were cured by a father and mother who were born of the same surname.
    If the cure was no good they put a [?] on the child and drove him to a South running stream, where he had to drink three sips of the water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. mumps (~70)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Dillon
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Matt Dillon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sluicequarter, Co. Kerry