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School: Enniscrone (B.)

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Inishcrone, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
H. Faughman
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0164, Page 034A

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    “In olden times there were very few doctors.”

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    Folklore
    In olden times there were very few doctors. They had a great many cures for their ailments. The cure they had for tooth ache was to put a leaf of tobacco into the tooth.
    The cure they had for a stye in the eye was to get a piece of gooseberry bush with ten thorns in it. They had to point nine of the thorns to the stye and throw away the tenth one and say certain prayers.
    A cure the old people had for the chincough was to drink a ferrets leavings or an ass's milk. They had also another cure for chincough was if you met a man riding on a white horse and whatever he would tell you was supposed to be the cure.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)
        1. Christmas (~455)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eamonn Mullaney
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowhubbuck North, Co. Sligo