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School: Brughtheine (B.), Malla

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Tomás Ó Tighearnaigh
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    “The cure for chincough was to go out and ask a man with a white horse what would cure the chincough and whatever he said would cure it.”

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    The cure for chincough was to go out and ask a man with a white horse what would cure the chincough and whatever he said would cure it.
    The key of a door was used for stopping a person's nose from bleeding. It was dropped inside the shirt at the back.
    The cure for corns was an ivy leap soaked in vinegar and put on the corn.
    A cure for scalded feet was to rub a snail to them or wash them in salt and water.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Sampson
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynamuck, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr William Keating
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ballyorgan, Co. Limerick