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School: Bullach

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Castlerea, Co. Roscommon
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Máire Ní Fhlannagáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0244, Page 022

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    In olden times the people of my district never dreamt of bringing in a doctor or going to the hospital, instead they believed in certain people and things to have cures.
    The seventh son had the cure for ringworm, but a white worm should be put in the hand of the child when born.
    Long ago when people had Rheumatism or any other disease of that kind they got a certain person to bleed them, by cutting a certain vein in the left arm and this was supposed to cure them.
    Some people had charms for curing head fever. They used to measure the person's head with a black ribbon from the top of the head to the chin and then around the head and if both did not correspond the head was supposed to be
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellen Higgins
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lugakeeran, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    Mrs Teresa Irwin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tully, Co. Roscommon