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School: Cúige na Mainseár

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Quignamanger, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Antoine Mac Amhaghladha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0162, Page 321

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    Acure for a cough long ago was to slice a swaid turnip and to put sugar on it
    Long ago the leavings of a ferret was a cure for the whooping cough.
    Medicine
    Long ago there was a medicine the people used to use and this is the way they made it. They used to get three bigs roots of crádhán. They are about the shape of a carret. They have to be scraped and all the dirt has to be taken out of them. Then you have to get a few lumps of sugar stick and mix it with the cridhan and boil it for about six ours and also three - pence
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Irene Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mrs Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballina, Co. Mayo