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School: Lios Uí Chearbhaill (B.), Malla (roll number 12015)

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Liscarroll, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Conchobhar Ó Murchadha
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    In olden days the people used have cures of their own. The cure they had for the whooping cough was to bring milk to a ferret and to carry his leavings to the child. The cure for craos galar is to have a child that never saw his father blow its breath three times fasting into the child's mouth. The cure for wild fire is to write your name three times around it with ink. The cure for a sore throat is to put a boiled potato up to it.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Desmond Fitzgearld
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Thomas Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    54
    Address
    Moyge, Co. Cork