School: Láithreach
- Location:
- Laragh, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: Mrs Duffy
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Cure for whooping cough
Get from a married couple that were both of the same name before marriage, a piece of bread to eat
Cure for a burn
Lick a mancreepers back and then lick the burn
Cure for a dirty mouth
Any person whose father died before they were born can cure the child by blowing their breath on the child's face.
Cure for corns
Whenever there is a pig killed take the gall out of the liver and put the juice into a bottle and wet the corn every night with it
Cure for rickets
Take the child to a blacksmiths forge every morning before sunrise for three mornings and wash it in the water that is in the trough on the heart stone
Cure for warts
Any man named Burns can cure your warts by spitting on them and(continues on next page)
