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School: Dring, Granard (roll number 14292)

Location:
Dring, Co. Longford
Teacher:
James Drum
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    People have the cure for a lot of ailments and they are called charms. Some people have the cure of a thorn in the hand. If you have a thorn in your hand they will say a prayer over the hand, and they say it will come out itself. But you must have belief in the cure.
    The cure for a sty is to get ten gooseberry thorns, and throw away the tenth one. And for nine mornings throw away each one of the thorns.
    Some people can cure ailments when others can't.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. genre
      1. verbal arts (~1,483)
        1. charms (~104)
    2. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggy Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Ballinrooey, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Ellen Brady
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    88
    Address
    Dring, Co. Longford