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School: Naomh Colmcille (roll number 16047)

Location:
Achadh Mór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
Teacher:
Aindrias Mac Aodhagáin
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    Long long ago the old people had a lot of cures, and told them to their children so that is the way we got some of them. Some people say that if you cut up a frog in three pieces and cook it in milk or water it is a cure for toothaches; but not to eat but a certain part of the frog . There is a cure in a certain part of a ferret's tongue for the chincough. To creep under a red cows belly is a cure for wringworm. To drink asses' milk is another cure for chincough. There is a cure in a docketleaf for nettle burn. There is a cure
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    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Killeen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ceathrú an Éadain, Co. Mhaigh Eo
    Informant
    Mrs M. Lyons
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ceathrú an Éadain, Co. Mhaigh Eo