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School: An Muileann (roll number 9208)

Location:
Mullen, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
B. Mac Siúrtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 007

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 007

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    If a person is affected with ring worm and a seventh son places his hand on the ring worm three times the ring worm will disappear. A person who is affected with a whittle can cure it by stealing a bit of fat bacon and rubbing it on the whittle three times.
    If a person has sore eyes and rubs a black cat's tail of his eyes nine times he will be cured.
    A child who never saw his father can cure a sore mouth by blowing his breath three times on it on Monday, Thursday and on Monday.
    A cure for the whooping -cough is to drink ferret's leavings. Leave milk to ferrets and let
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Greta Owens
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Cunningham
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    73
    Address
    Mullen, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Owens
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    49
    Address
    Mullen, Co. Roscommon