School: Leggah, Moyne (roll number 14328)

Location:
Leggagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Francis Gallagher
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0760, Page 490

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  1. Long ago the people had local cures for every disease. The seventh son or the seventh daughter in a family was called the "Doctor" and had several cures. When a seventh son or daughter was born the old people never neglected to search in a running stream for a worm. When they found one they placed it in the baby's hand and held it there until the worm died. That child then had the cure of the "running worm". The "running worm" was a sore which broke out generally on the leg and was almost impossible to heal and doctor's treatment seemed to be of no use.
    The cure consisted in rubbing the hand which held the worm, to the sore on Monday and Thursday mornings and saying
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Ellen Macken
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Kiltycon, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Peter Macken
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Kiltycon, Co. Longford