School: Iorball Sionnaigh (roll number 16923)
- Location:
- Scotstown, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Mac Cionnaith
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- To cure a sprain the person who has the cure makes the sign of the cross on the ground and then on the sprain
and while they are doing so they say some prayers which cannot be heard.When a boy and a girl of the same name get married they are able to cure the whooping cough by giving a piece of bread or anything the person, who has the cough, can eat.
- It is locally believed that to eat food left behind by a ferret will cure the chincough.
As a cure of the whooping-cough the(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Clerkin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Agheracalkill, Co. Monaghan
- Informant
- Mrs B. Clerkin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Agheracalkill, Co. Monaghan
