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School: Stuacán (roll number 14051)

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Muingwore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Bríd Ní Mhiadhaigh
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  1. Chincough

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    To drink ass's milk
    A drop of water let out of a live fish's mouth into the sick person's throat and swallowed.
    To eat or drink ferrett's "leavings".
    If a person who has chincough meets a man riding on a white hourse and asks him for a cure for chincough, any cure he gives him will cure him if he uses it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Chincough

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    When a husband and wife had the same surnames before they were married as they have after, if a person who has chincough eats of drinks their leavings it will cure him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridget Best
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    Mrs M. Best
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tullylin or Ballyfeenaun, Co. Sligo