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School: Liath-Mhuine

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Leaffony, Co. Sligo
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0163, Page 359

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    Epilepsy or falling sickness is cured by getting three ribs of a dog's hair and burning it in the fire and then putting the ashes into a cup of water and giving it to the person to drink.
    The cure of a whitlow on the finger is to get a black cat without a white rib of hair in him and rub his tail to the effected spot and any person may do it and in a few days the cure is made.
    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
    Charles Gibson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leaffony, Co. Sligo