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    Local Cures No 3
    Long ago there were not very many cures and doctors, but nowadays there are both cures and doctors, and the people around in this district think that often the cures are better than the doctors.
    There is a man named Smith (Culkis), Rassan, who has the cure of the ringworm but he would not tell anyone the secret of it. He rubs on the sore and he mutters something to himself while doing it

    May Mc Clelland, Kiffa, Ballyjamesduff
    Information obtained from my mother Mrs John Mc Clelland
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Mc Clelland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiffagh, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Mrs John Mc Clelland
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kiffagh, Co. Cavan

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    Local cures No 4
    Some people have cures for different diseases. There is one disease that causes
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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