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School: Cill Bhriotáin (C.) (roll number 11728)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0313, Page 312A

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  1. Craos Galar (continued)

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    by blowing down the throat of the affected person, cure the disease.
    Another cure for the disease is to put the bill of a gander, which is fasting into the sick persons mouth and let the patient inhale the ganders breath.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  3. Wildfire

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    1. Get the blood of a pure black cat and rub it to the wildfire.
    2. Write your name around the wildfire with ink.
    The tongue of the fox will draw out a thorn which has penetrated in to the bone.
    Milk or food left untasted by a ferret cures whooping cough.
    Another cure for whooping cough is to have the patient walk or crawl under a donkey three times.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. erysipelas (~99)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Michael Sheehan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Labourer
    Address
    Barleyfield, Co. Cork