School: Munlough
- Location:
- Munlough North, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: D. Brady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 209
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- Mumps: Put an asse's winkers on the victim and lead him round the "pig-crow" three times in the name of the Father Son and of the Holy Ghost.
Ringworm: Rub black ink or linseed on the effected parts.
Chin-cough: Lead the person out under a black ass three times in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost.
Lump: Get nine irons, and rub them on the lump in the name of, etc.
Measles: Tops of nettles, boil, strain, and put tea on it and let draw.
Warts: Get a big black snail, rub it on the wart, and hang the snail on a thorn bush. When the snail has withered the wart will have withered also.
Another cure: When you come across a drop of water (without looking for it) in a hole in a stone. Rub the water three times to the wart in the name of, etc.
For a stye in the eye: Pull a ten gooseberry thorns in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost, throw one of them away, and stick one each morning in the stye for nine mornings.
