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School: Naomh Maolmaodhóg, Dúndealgan (roll number 15258)

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Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
S. Ó Máirtín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 259

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    An old cure for whooping cough is if you find an insect called a God's horse without looking for him pick him up and put him into a little bag then tie him round the persons neck, and do not tell the person what is in it, he will get better.
    Put a halter on a person who has the mumps and lead him across a stream that flows towards the south and he will get better.
    If a person has ring-worm or boild get nine potatoes and cuts the eyes out of them then throws them over his left shoulder. The ring-worm or boils will go away as they get rotten.
    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
    Henry Hughes
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Mrs Hughes
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Castlebellingham, Co. Louth