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School: Laragh (B.)

Location:
Larah, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
P. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0981, Page 097

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    Cure of Hic-cup
    1 Seven sips of water taken out of a cup.
    2 Pince of salt.
    3 Hold breath as long as you can.
    Cure of the Dirty Mouth. A person born after the death of his or her father has cure of dirty mouth-a disease common with infants up to one year.
    Cure of Chin Cough. Two bearing same surname in marrying possess cure of whooping cough after marriage.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English