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School: Abbeylara

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Abbeylara, Co. Longford
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John O' Meara
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0606

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    The cure for the whooping-cough was that one of the God-parents of the child had to tie a red ribbon around the child's neck. The cure for the mumps was to roast salt and put it into a woollen stocking and tie it around your neck. Another cure for the mumps was to put a winkers on the person and lead them out to the pig-sty three times.
    The cure for the measles was to get the roots of nettles and boil them and drink the juice of them. The cure for the jaundice was to get the bark of a tree called the "drooping ash" and boil it and drink the juice of it.
    The seventh son had the cure of the running-worm. A child born after its fathers death
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    John Reilly
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Derragh, Co. Longford