School: Killyconnan (B.)
- Location:
- Killyconnan, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: P. Kearney
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0979, Page 016
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- (continued from previous page)Heartburn. A person suffering from this was supposed to be cured by eating the first Mayflower he would chance to see, and would not suffer from the complaint any more that year.Chincough. A person suffering from this was supposed to be cured by doing something or taking something recommended by the first person he would meet riding a grey horse. If a man married a girl having the same surname as himself, both were supposed to be able to cure chincough."Dirty Mouth". This disease could be cured by a girl, who had never seen her father, by blowing her breath three times on the tongue of the person suffering from the disease.(continues on next page)
