School: Edenmore, Ballinamuck (roll number 14584)

Location:
Edenmore, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Réid
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0761, Page 041

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0761, Page 041

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  1. In olden times the people had many strange cures for diseases. If you had the mumps a donkey's winkers would be put on you and you would be led round the pigsty in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. If you had warts you would have to lick a mankeeper. The cure for a sore throat was to roast potatoes and hold them to it. The cure for Pneumonia was a Linseed poltice. The cure for toothache was peper or ginger. If a child was born after it's fathers death it had the cure of the foulmouth
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ellie Mulligan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Cloonback, Co. Longford
    Collector
    Peter Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    12
    Informant
    Michael O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Carrickateane, Co. Longford