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School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)

Location:
Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Maolagáin
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  1. Local Cures - Thrush

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    Oftentimes people suffer from Thrush or as the old people call it a foul mouth. The cure of this was if a child was born without seeing his or her father, he or she blew into the person's mouth that was effected and then the thrush would disappear.
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  2. Local Cures - Whooping Cough

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    As regards the whooping cough there are several cures for it. You got a ferret and gve him more milk than he could drink. Whatever was left was given to the patient and that cured him. It is still carried on - tried in next townland on 2/3/38. Another cure was and is if you met a man on the road with a white horse and asked him what is the cure for the whooping cough whatever he told you to do and you did ti that also cured. Another cure was
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ambrose Beglane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Laragh, Co. Sligo