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School: Scoil Naomh Eoin, Bréachmhuigh (roll number 13781)

Location:
Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
A.M. Mac Taidhg
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0089D, Page 02_017

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    foot or hand rub goose greese on it and will cure it. To put down a buachaláin and to boil it and drink the juise of it it is a cure for measels. To see a man on a white horse and to ask him for a cure and what ever he tells you is a cure for a chin cough. When you get a scotch of a nettle rub a dock leaf on it and it will cure it. Foxes tongue is a cure for taking out a thorn. Bread soda is a cure for a burn. When you get a sting
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Bríd Ní Chonaire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Breaghwy, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Seosamh Ó Conaire
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloonaghmore, Co. Mayo