School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 10_019
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- Toothache
Put a frog in your mouth
Chin-cough
ferret's leavings
Pain in Stomach
swallow a frog
A burn
A raw potato.
This is the way to do it. Get a raw potato and rub it of the burn and it is cured.
A Pain
A worm's knot.
This is the way to do it. Make a worm's knot three times over the person that has the pain and when you have that done the pain is gone.
Cures of colds
Garlic. This is to be boiled in milk and given to the patient.
- Collector
- Josie Keville
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knappagh Beg, Co. Mayo
