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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Sligeach

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0160, Page 308

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    person suffering from Rheumatic. If a person found a potato and kept it in his pocket he would never suffer from Rheumatism.
    If men never shave on a Sunday they will never have a toothache. If a person rubbed a dead man's finger to their teeth in the Sign of the Cross they would never suffer from toothache.
    If a person suffering from warts finds a stone with a hole in it, and water in the hole, he should apply it to the warts and while the water dries up, the warts wither.
    If any person finds a fish called a
    "mankeeper" and if he rubs it to his tongue in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost he will have the cure of the burn.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Harkin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sligo, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mr Michael Dolan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Dromahair, Co. Leitrim