School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)
- Location:
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhealláin
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- 1. Get an oaten-cake from a married man and woman with the same surname and give it to the child with "Chincough"2. Put the child out under a piebald pony three times.
- Informant
- Mrs Hanly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Monadarragh, Co. Longford
- 3. "Ferrets leavings" cures chin cough. Give the ferret a drink and give the child what he leaves.4. Put an asses winkers on the child and walk him round the dung-hill three times saying "prayers".
