School: Carrowreagh (roll number 16884)
- Location:
- An Cheathrú Riabhach, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Teacher: Annie Davidson
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- A posthumous child can cure 'Thrush' by breathing into the baby's mouth (thrush a disease of the mouth.
- The 7th son can cure "Evil", (or burning sores,) if gold is put in his hand before being washed after birth.
- Informant
- Miss Sarah Canning
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- An Bheart, Co. Dhún na nGall
- Headache cured by snuff left at a wake.
- Food left behind by a ferret, will cure whooping cough.
Supposing a ferret has got too much milk (or bread & milk) & not able to finish it all, give the remainder to the child who has the cough & and it will be cured - A land mouse boiled & and the soup used either in tea or baked in bread, has been known to cure (weak kidneys)
A grown up servant boy who was a great nuisance to the house was cured in this way.
The lady boiled the mouse (land mouse) & put a little sugar in it & and baked it into bread, then gave it to the boy & cured him.
