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School: Cluain an Iubhair (roll number 15213)

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Cloonanure, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Séamus Ó Háinlighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0187, Page 462

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    Thrush is generally known as "foul - mouth" A person who never saw his father has the power to cure "foul - mouth". "Foul - mouth usually exists among infants. The person who has the cure, breathe into the person's mouth who is afflicted with this ailment to cure it.
    "Ferret's leavings" drank by a person having whooping - cough, is said to cure this person. "Ferret's leaving" is generally milk which he leaves after him when he is drinking. The fumes of burning - tar inhaled by a person who has whooping - cough cures that person. If a person
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    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
    Leo Dodd
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo
    Informant
    John Dodd
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Chacefield, Co. Sligo