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School: Keelagh

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1025, Page 076

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    When a person would have wild fire a gold coin was got and put on the spot where the wild fire spread.
    When children had the whooping cough it was believed that if a man with a pye bald pony was met on the road anything he would say to give the children was a cure for it.
    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
    Katie Murphy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumconra, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Dan Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumconra, Co. Cavan