School: Callystown, Drogheda (roll number 14252)
- Location:
- Callystown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0675, Page 022
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- Mumps
If you have the mumps go over to a pig sty.
The people will rub their hands to the walls of the sty and rub them to the mumps.
You have to go in after the pig three times and bless yourself.Wildfire
One woman in the district is supposed to have the cure of the Wildfire. No one knows how it is made except herself.Whooping Cough
If you have the whooping cough go to a married pair who had the same surname before marriage. Get a piece of bread from them and eat it and you will be cured.(continues on next page)
