School: Lisacul G.N.S. (roll number 13048)

Location:
Lisacul, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Bríd, Bean Uí Ghiollanátha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0239, Page 014

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0239, Page 014

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  1. In ancient times when there were no qualified doctors like those of to-day old cures were practised instead but since the doctors have taken up duty throughout the country these have natuarly gone into the background.
    They had a special cure for (for) each disease.
    For curing measles the food left by a ferret after his dinner was supposed to be very successful.
    An ancient cure commonly practised for curing mumps then known as "leicneach" was to go around the pig sty seven times repeating the following form of words each time, "thugad a mugada leicncach leat".
    When the children of a district got the "whooping cough" a man riding on a white mare or a grey donkey was sent to each house and as
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Clár Ní Meachtáin
    Gender
    Female