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School: Collon (B.) (roll number 14578)

Location:
Collon, Co. Louth
Teacher:
B. Mac Searraigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0677, Page 032

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    draw, and the other side will cure. If you find Gods-horse sew him in a bag, then hang him on you and it will cure the chincough.
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  2. Local Cures

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    There are many cures in our district. On the top of our hill where three parishes join there is a little stream in which there is a cure for pains. Boiled briar is the cure for the white scour in young calves. The cure for the whooping-cough is to crawl three times under an asses legs, is supposed to cure your.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Maguire
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Leabby Cross, Co. Louth