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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0966, Page 248

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    People sought cures for ailments in former times by performing superstitious rites. Here are some of the cures:
    Smouldering brown paper held to the jaw until burned out, is a cure for toothache.
    A sore on the hand or foot can be cured by the lick of, a dog.
    If a young child had Measles, an ass was brought into the living-house, and two persons stood, one on each of the ass.
    The person on one side of the ass would hand the child under the ass to the person on the otherside, and when that person got it, he would hand it over the ass back to the other person. This rite was performed three times and was supposed to be a cure for Measles.
    A man having Jaundice was cured in a very perculiar way
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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
    Collector
    Maureen Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Arderry, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mr M. Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Arderry, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs M. Byrne
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Arderry, Co. Cavan