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School: Druim Mór (roll number 16278)

Location:
Dromore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seosamh Ó Catháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0166, Page 326

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    There is a graveyard near Dromahair that is supposed to be the oldest in Sligo. There are seven rocks that can move in the graveyard. If a person sprains his hand or foot, all he has to do is to take a thread off a rock and put on another thread in its place. The thread is put on the sprained limb, and when it disappears the limb is all right.
    Chin-cough
    Anyone suffering from chin-cough was given donkey's milk.
    (2) He was also given 'ferret's leavings'
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    Headaches.
    F or head-aches the old people tied a cloth round their heads and took some sweet, strong tea and went to bed
    Tootache.
    If people were suffering from toot-ache they got a frog and rubbed him on the sore tooth.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mick Burke
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Christy Taylor
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Dromore West, Co. Sligo