School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

Location:
Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 03_016

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  1. Cure for whooping cough
    1. The ferrets leavings
    2. The ass's milk
    3. If a man riding a white horse passes the place where people have the whooping cough and he is asked for a cure. Whatever he tells the patient to take is considered a cure.
    Cure for the thrush
    1. A white gander to blow its breath into the patient's mouth
    2. A person who never saw its father to blow its breath into the patient's mouth
    3. The seventh son to blow its breath into the patients mouth
    Cure for toothache
    Put a frog into the mouth
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Martin Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghagower, Co. Mayo