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School: Dún Flainn (roll number 9669)

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Doonflin Upper, Co. Sligo
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Seán Ó Maolagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0169, Page 116

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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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    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