School: Rathcoffey, Donadea (roll number 6174)

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1. Local Cures (continued)

   

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   this disease crawls between an ass's legs 3 times in succession, the cough will be cured.

   Another cure for Whooping Cough

   Give a donkey a cut of bread. Hold a saucer under its mouth and keep the crumbs which fall from the donkey's mouth. These, when eaten, by a person suffering from whooping cough will act as a cure, so the old people tell us.

   Cure for a Sty

   Procure 10 thorns from a gooseberry bush.
   Make the sign of the cross 10 times
   Then throw one thorn over either shoulder
   Make the sigh of the Cross 9 times with the remaining 9 thorns
   Repeat this 3 times and the Sty will be cured. I have applied this remedy several times and have been cured each time.

   Another cure for a Sty.

   Rub your fasting spit on the sty 3 mornings in succession, making the sign of the Cross each time.

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary Gill

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baltracey, Co. Kildare

   Informant

   Mrs Gill

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   c. 38

   Address

   Baltracey, Co. Kildare

   Informant

   Samuel Gill

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 40

   Address

   Baltracey, Co. Kildare