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School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 03_020

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    Put garlic under your foot in your boot you wont take either Fever, Measles, or Scarletena.
    The Ferret's leavings is a cure for the whooping - cough.
    Put apiece of tobbaco into the mouth and it will cure the toothache.
    The seventh son or the seventh daughter can cure ring-worm
    Of a gold ring is rubbed of wild-fire it would go quickly.
    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
    Nora O Boyle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo