School: Ceis Carraigín (roll number 13849)

Location:
Keshcarrigan, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Tomás Mag Fhionnáin
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  3. XML “A Cure for a Pain in the Ear”
  4. XML “A Cure for Corns”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. earache (~35)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Myles J. Moran
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Funshinagh, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Johnney Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Scardaun, Co. Leitrim
  2. Corns can be cured in the following way. First get houseleek. Pull it and pound it with a stick. Then rub a piece of butter or lard to it. Put the houseleek on the corn then, by putting a piece of cloth round it. Tie it tightly so that it would not
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