School: Cill Srianáin (Jamestown) (roll number 1024)

Location:
Jamestown, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Ghormáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0210, Page 434

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  1. An old cure for a bleeding nose - get 3 leaves from any tree and hold them to the nose, the bleeding will stop.
    Another cure for this ailment
    "Jesus born at Nazareth
    Baptised in the river Jordan
    The water was clear
    The water was good
    When Jesus came
    The water stood
    By this word
    And in His name
    I command this blood to do the same."
    Say the above prayer.
    A man named Michael Gill in Drumsna had the Cure for the Sprains - a straining thread. People went to him
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Murray
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tully, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs James Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Tully, Co. Leitrim