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School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)

Location:
Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
Teachers:
M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 411

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    Warts
    1. The water from Mulrua well near Sheepatown cures this. Wash hands in this well. Dry with a cloth which is then hung on a bush beside the well. This must be done 3 mornings from 8 to 9 o'clock fasting.
    Running Worm
    1. The 7th son, if a worm is placed in his hand at his birth.
    Goitre
    1. A goats liver boiled with herbs and taken while fasting
    Burn
    1. Bark of elm tree boiled to jelly for ointment
    Wildfire
    Creep under sycamore tree or briars.
    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
    Josephine Thornton
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    10
    Informant
    Stephen Skelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Bective Street, Co. Meath