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School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)

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Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0679, Page 138

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    In Ireland long ago the people had a lot of old cures and many of them are still known.
    The cure they recommended for a corn was to roast a black snail in a white wet cloth and put it on corn.
    A cure for whooping cough is to put the person who has it, three times under a donkey when the moon is full.
    Another cure for the whooping cough is the moss of the big cross of Monasterboice.
    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
    Betty Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Trinity Street, Co. Louth
    Informant
    Mrs L. Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    35
    Address
    Trinity Street, Co. Louth