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School: Druim Áine (roll number 9438)

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Drumany (O'Brien), Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Raghnaill
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    a) Go three times under an ass that was never rode.
    b) Drink ferret's leavings.
    c) Eat the leavings of a meal of a married couple of the same name.
    d) If you meet a man riding a grey horse, ask him for a cure for the whooping-cough, whatever he says is a cure will cure the child.
    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. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary P. Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Leamanish, Co. Leitrim
    Informant
    Mrs B. Doherty
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    48
    Address
    Leamanish, Co. Leitrim