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School: Rathgarroge (roll number 16023)

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Rathgaroge, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Micheál Ó Floinn
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    There are many old cures still in use but some of them have faded away.
    1. When a child has the whooping cough there is a cure that if the mother brought her to two persons of the same name that were married and the people to give her a piece of bread she would be cured.
    2. If a person had a toothache the cure is to put a frog in their mouth.
    3. The cure for Chilbains is to rub lamp oil on them on the first Friday of the month
    4. If a person had the chicken pock he should go to a well at sunrise and wash himself there.
    That is supposed to cure him.
    5. Boiled nettles are a cure for pain but they should be eaten before Breakfast when fasting
    6. Sheeps-milk is a cure for measles.
    7. To cure a Boil you should make a
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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 Grace
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    78
    Address
    Whitemoor, Co. Wexford