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Pádhraic Ó Tiomáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0240, Page 153

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    People who suffer frequently from severe headache and who find that the different tablets prescribed by doctors do not give a permanent cure go to the head doctor or the man in this district who can give the lasting cure.
    For several miles around here people who suffer from bad headaches come to a man who lives in Corloonmore, Ballaghadarreen, Cp. Roscommon. His name is Michael Flynn. He is about 75 years of age now and has been curing people for over 40 years since his mother, who had the cure before
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. headache (~58)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    P. Timon
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon