School: Mungraid (B.) Luimneach (roll number 14409)

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1. Old Cures (continued)

   

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   This must be done three mornings in succession.
   4. Another is to get the thorn of a gooseberry bush and make the sign of the cross on it and then throw it over your right shoulder. This must be done (a) on two Thursdays and a Monday, or on two Mondays and a Thursday.
   5. Last though not least to run your fasting spit to it every morning for three mornings in succession.

   

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2. Cures - Sore Throat

   

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   Craos Galar 1. To cure Thrush or as the old people called it Craos Galar is to get posthumus child to come to the house fasting and breathe three times into the child's mouth. 2. Another cure is to bring in the gander and make him breathe three times into the sore child's mouth. Sore Throat 1. A good cure for a sore throat

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   Topics

   1. activities
      1. medical practice
         1. folk medicine (~11,815)
            1. medicine for human sicknesses
               1. sore throat (~69)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Patrick Hartigan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   60

   Occupation

   Farmer

   Address

   Clarina, Co. Limerick