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School: Ardaghy, Omeath

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Ardaghy, Co. Louth
Teacher:
B. Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0658, Page 142

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    Whooping cough:
    When two people of the same name are married and if they give anything to a person who has the whooping cough, it is a cure.
    The measles:
    The juice of boiled roots of nettles is a cure for the measles.
    A stie on the eye:
    Get nine gooseberry thorns and point them at the eye.
    For a sore throat:
    Hot salt put in a woollen stocking and tied round the neck, is a cure.
    Collected by Mary McQuaid (13 yrs)
    Ardaghy,
    Omeath.
    From Sarah McQuiad
    Same address
    30/3/38
    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
    Mary Mc Quaid
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ardaghy, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Sarah Mc Quaid
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Ardaghy, Co. Louth