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School: Inis Uí Dhrisceoil, An Sciobairín

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Inishodriscol, Co. Cork
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Donncha Ó Donnabháin
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  1. Local Cures - Cure for Evils

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    Local Cures
    Cure for Evils
    I was born on Good Friday and baptised on Easter Monday, and when I grew up to manhood the old people told me that I had a cure for evils. I was eventually persuaded to use my supposed power.
    On six occasions people were brought to me. They were suffering from sores, which the old people told me were a form of consumption. I blew my breath nine times on the sores, on nine successive mornings. The patients as well as myself had to be fasting. After each breath I made the sign of the cross over the sore with the right thumb of my right hand.
    The people brought to me were of both sexes, and to my knowledge they were all cured. The sores went
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. scrofula (~18)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Richard Cotter
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    72
    Occupations
    Farmer
    Fisherman
    Address
    Inishodriscol, Co. Cork