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School: Ballinlough (roll number 9238)

Location:
Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath
Teacher:
P. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 046

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  1. Cures (continued)

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    according as the frog dies so will the whooping cough go away.
    Pains
    Get paraffin oil and rub it to the parts affected
    To go to a river joining two counties and pick some stones out of it then rub the stones to the place where the pains are saying some words at the same time.
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  2. Cures

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    Warts
    One of oldest cures is to preserve the piece (tongue shaped) that falls from the foals mouth that is born on the first of May. To take away the warts you have to rub the piece three times to them making the Sing of the Cross and repeating in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bob Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Address
    Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath