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School: An Ghráinseach, Mainistir Fhearmuighe (roll number 12700)

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Grange West, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Díomsaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0377, Page 187

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    People say it is a cure for tender feet to walk on dewy grass in the morning and dry the feet with the sun.
    The cure for the whooping cough is to drink the milk that a ferret leaves after him.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    An old cure for the measles was to drink hot stout. The cure for warts was to put stones into a purse belonging to the person who had the warts and throw the purse at a cross-roads.
    A cure for the sting of a wasp was to rub a raw onion to the part that was stung.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Curtin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Johnstown East, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Dan Curtin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Address
    Johnstown East, Co. Cork