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School: Imleach Neachtain (roll number 11983)

Location:
Emlaghnaghtan, Co. Sligo
Teacher:
Ml. Ó Casaide
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0184, Page 0423

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    In my district about one hundred years ago there was no such a thing as a doctor and the people had remedies of their own for sick people.
    Some of these are, that if a person were very ill with a sore throat or whooping cough one of the people of the people of the house should go to a place where a ferret is kept and would give him a saucepan of new milk and what the ferret would leave after him would be given to the sick person or child
    Another is that a person who has the ringworm can get it cured by going to the seventh son of a family on a Monday or Saturday A person that has a thorn in his
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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
    Neilus Mc Loughlin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Deechomade, Co. Sligo