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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0765, Page 0627

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    There is a holy well at Killasonna called St. Vincent well and it is said that several people were cured by it. The people of this district used to boil the roots of red nettles and eat them for to cure measles. A cure for mumps is to put a winkers on the person and lead it in and out to a pig sty three times.
    A cure for a hiccough to take a few grains of salt. The seventh son has a cure for ring-worm. A child that is born after its father's death has a cure for a sore mouth. The cure for a whooping cough is to put the patient under a black ass three times.
    Patrick Caffrey
    This was told to me by my mother who lives in Ballyboy
    Abbeylara
    Streete
    Co. Westmeath
    Aged 40 years
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Caffrey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyboy, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Mrs Caffrey
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ballyboy, Co. Longford