School: Naomh Maolmaodhóg, Dúndealgan (roll number 15258)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 217
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“When a person has the mumps he must get the winkers of a horse and have them put on his head.”
When a person has the mumps he must get the winkers of a horse and have them put on his head. Then he has to be led into a pig-sty three times in succession making the sign of the cross each time he's led in. He will then be cured.
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“If the hair on a boys head begins to fall he must get the marrow out of a bone and rub it on his head...”
If the hair on a boys head begins to fall he must get the marrow out of a bone and rub it on his head for nine mornings and his hair will grow again.