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School: Cluain Fhada (roll number 15091)

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Cloonfad More, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Eibhlín Ní Thighearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0249, Page 117

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    district supposed to be visited by Saint Brigid called Brideswell and people go for their stations from the fifteenth of August to the eight of September.
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  2. Local Cures

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    In olden times people always tried local cures for their ailments. The cure for the whooping cough was the food left by a ferret or food that a man or woman of the one name would leave after them. The ring-worm and itch were cured by boiling a certain herb and mixing it with a certain oil. The jaundice was cured also with an herb boiled and mixed in porter. Children were always subject to a certain disease called "thrush" This was cured by applying Borax and glycerine
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Francis Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hillstreet, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Pat Cummins
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Hillstreet, Co. Roscommon