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School: Ballinagh (C.)

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Bellananagh, Co. Cavan
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M. Ní Chonchobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0990, Page 123

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    by pointing one each day to the eye until the nine are all used.
    Toothache is cured by getting a nail from a blacksmith and driving it into a tree.
    Worms can be cured by taking anything the seventh son of a family tells you.
    Ankle sprain is cured by Mr Morgan. It is cured by saying some prayer, and by rubbing his hand across it.
    Thrush of a young baby is cured by Mrs Gaynor. The sick person gives her a cup of meal. She covers the cup with her hands, and says a prayer over it, and the cup reduces until it is only about half full. She makes a cake out of the remainder and they have to eat it.
    Chil-blains can be cured by
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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
    Kathleen Sheridan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Gaffney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumlion, Co. Cavan