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School: Moys (roll number 10837)

Location:
Moy Otra, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
P. Dawson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0935, Page 104

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    These are some of the sicknesse's from which people suffer, and their cures.
    Measles. Take nettle soup and another cure is to stay in bed and blind the windows.
    Chincough: I you meet a man with a piebald horse ask him for the cure of Chincough
    Mumps Put a pair of donkey's winkers on and lead him around the well three times and make him say 'In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost' each time.
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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
    Brigid May Mc Quade
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Annaseeragh, Co. Monaghan
    Collector
    Pat Mc Quade
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Annaseeragh, Co. Monaghan