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School: Tattenclave

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Tattintlieve, Co. Monaghan
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Bríd Ní Chróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0948, Page 245

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  1. Famine Times (continued)

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    dead people away to be buried in an old bog. What caused the famine was months of dry weather and then the next year came the blight.
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  2. Cures

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    The people use dandelion, buttercup, daisy, and red rose for the cure of an .... To drink donkey's milk is the cure for whooping cough.
    To go to a house where there is two people married of the same name and ask what was the cure for it (whooping cough) whatever they tell you, it will cure it.
    To go to a hawthorn bush three mornings and clean the dew
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Phil Beagon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    11
    Address
    Calliagh, Co. Monaghan
    Informant
    John Keelan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Stranoodan, Co. Monaghan