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School: Dundalk (roll number 16719)

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Dundalk, Co. Louth
Teacher:
R.G. Smith
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    Cure for Measles
    In some districts near Dundalk it is believed that measles can be cured by the owner of the house performing the following ceremony. He must get twelve straws and walk around the person who has the measles. He is to repeat certain words at the end of which one straw is thrown away. This he is to continue until all the straws are thrown away.
    Elsie Stewart,
    Park Avenue
    Dundalk.
    Mrs Sharkey,
    Carrick Road,
    Dundalk.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. measles (~23)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Elsie Stewart
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Park Avenue, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs Sharkey
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Carrickmacross Road, Co. Louth