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School: Ballynacargy (C.) (roll number 7893)

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Ballynacarrigy, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Óda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0740, Page 309

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    Mr Muldoon has a cure for setting bones. He mixes certain herbs and puts them on a cloth and ties them tightly round the broken bone of the person and after a certain number of days he takes the plaster off and the bone in knit.
    Mr Muldoon lives in Frewin about five miles from Ballynacargy.
    A cure for the chin cough is to stop the first person you meet riding ona white horse. Ask him what cure he has for the chin cough and whatever he says do it and the cough will go.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Frances Jordan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Mrs Nicholas Jordan
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Tristernagh, Co. Westmeath