School: Crosskeys
- Location:
- Cross Keys, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Thomas Greene
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0977, Page 270
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- (continued from previous page)In this district the cures for the whooping cough are many and varied. The following cure has been recorded as he most successful. If a man got married to a woman who had not to change her name this woman has the cure for the fore-mentioned disease.Perhaps the most severe bodily defect that a person could suffer is a sore throat. This occurs very often especially among children. In this locally roasted sat is put in a silken stocking and it is tied around the suffer's neck. This is supposed to cure the throat in a short time.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Norrie Maguire
- Gender
- Male
