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School: Achadh Fobhair (roll number 13853)

Location:
Aghagower, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Hannah T. Kevilla
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0088E, Page 10_011

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    Cure for the whooping cough
    1 The ferrets leavings
    2 The ass's milk
    3 If a man riding on 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 his 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
    1 Put a frog into the mouth
    Cure for a bad stomach
    1 Swallow a young frog
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    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
    Jack Sheridan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Aghagower, Co. Mayo