School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)
- Location:
- Aghagower, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 09_012
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- (continued from previous page)riddle me that if you can
A saddle
- Cure for the whooping cough
1. The ferret's leavings.
2. The ass's milk
3. If a man riding on a white horse passe's 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 patients mouth.
2. A person who never saw its father to blow its breath into the patients mouth.
3. The seventh son has also the cure.Cure for toothache.
Put a young frog into the mouth.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Sadie Gibbons
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Corveagh Upper, Co. Mayo
