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School: Lisnagirl (2)

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Lismagiril, Co. Cavan
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Caitlín Ní Thaicnigh
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    The cure for the toothache is to boil chicken week and put the juice to your tooth and it will cure it. The cure for measles is to boil nettles and strain the water and take it or punch. The cure for the whooping cough is to take a drink from the Bishop's Skull from Maghera three times, or a drink from the chalice, or to get a charity from two married people of the same name. The cure for the mumps is to put a donkey's winkers on the person that has them and walk him round the pigsty three times and say "tugamar tugamar no mucaib é". The cure for a burn is to put buttermilk and soda on it or soap. The cure for the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Rathallaigh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Greaghadossan, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Cáit bean Uí Floinn
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Lismagiril, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Eoghan Ó Doláin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lismagiril, Co. Cavan