School: Tunnyduff
- Location:
- Tonyduff, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Micheál Ó Cathaláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1015, Page 063
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- Mumps -: The cure of the mumps is to lead the patient round the pig stye on the donkey’s halter three times saying “lekna lekna fall on the pigs”
Thrush -: or “dirty mouth” is cured by the breath of any member of a family born after the father’s death.
Whooping cough -: whooping cough is cured by eating bread baked by a woman who married a man of the same surname as she had herself.
Toothache -: The cure of the toothache is to repeat the following prayer continually until a cure is a affected
As St Peter sat on a marble stone
He was weeping all alone
His Lord and Master passed him by saying
Why dost thou weep and cry
Oh Lord and Master it is the toothache.
Arise up Peter and be healed
Not you alone but all those who
repeat this prayer shall never be(continues on next page) - Collector
- Brian Brady
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Three Carvaghs, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Michael Jackson
- Gender
- Male
