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School: Baile Idir Dhá Abhainn (roll number 13196)

Location:
Riverstown, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Ml. Mac Lochlainn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0180, Page 057

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    When anyone has a cut he gets the dog or cat to lick it and it will be cured in the morning. If a thorn goes into a persons finger so far that he can not get it out, he just put a fox's tongue to it and it will come out.
    The cure for the Whopping cough is ferrets leavings. A ferret which is a small animal drinks milk and what he leaves after him the child drinks.
    A man who has a snow white horse, has a cure for the measles.
    A cure for toothache is alum but it is a poison and must not be swallowed. The cure for the heartache is oat meal and some prayers to be said.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bridie Maye
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Riverstown, Co. Sligo