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School: Monedarragh, Mostrim (roll number 7642)

Location:
Monadarragh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Bean Uí Mhealláin
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  1. Cures - Whooping Cough

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    5. If you meet a man riding a piebald pony ask him what will cure the Chin-cough, whatever he says will cure the child.
    6. Get a hair out of the head of a child who never saw its father, and sew it in the child's clothes.
    7. Get the child's god-mother to tie a red ribbon around the neck.
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Kiernan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cam, Co. Longford

  2. Cough or Cold

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    8. Boil dandelion leaves in water and drink.
    9. Fox-tongue boiled will cure any cough or cold - drink.
    10. Boil garlic in milk and drink for a bad cold.
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