School: Behymore

Location:
Behy More, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Gallchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 059

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 059

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  1. A cold or sore throat is often cured by hot buttermilk and sugar. The people in former times used to get for a stone bruise sugar and soap and mix it up and warm it and then put it on the stone-bruise that is the way they used to cure anyone that would have a stone-bruise.
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    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Neary
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Corimla South, Co. Mayo
  3. There is another cure for the chin cough that is, get the person that has the cough and put him across an asse's back three times. Then
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