School: Meelick (B.)
- Location:
- Meelick, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0598, Page 099
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- (continued from previous page)mornings, when cure was supposed to be complete.
- (Fallen palate (soft))
- got into crevice at back of throat instead of facing out.
Cure - patient is put sitting on floor. On top of head an iron bar is placed crosswise. (8 or 9 ins) A handful of hair is tied from each side of head across the bar, but not to the bar. The bar is simply used to lift the person.
The person who is working the cure catches the bar in his two hands & lifts the patient, who leaves himself in a non-resistant attitudes When the cure is taking place a crack is heard.
