School: Eanach Mór (C.) (roll number 12427)

Location:
Annaghmore, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Caitlín, Bean Uí Mhiadhaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 247

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  1. If one has a cut on his hand, if he washes it in epsom salts it will cure it.
    Black tea is good for a pain in one's head.
    If a child's mother who has the chin-cough meets a man on a white horse who gives a cure to her, that cure will heal the child.
    It is a cure to boil nettles and to apply the water to a rash.
    The cure for for tooth-aches is
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs M. Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    61
    Address
    Kilfree, Co. Sligo