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School: Cill a' Ghaimhrín (Killgevrin) (roll number 12002)

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Cill Ghoibhreann, Co. na Gaillimhe
Teacher:
Proinsíos P. Ó Doláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0042, Page 0438

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    would be a few minutes in the bottle to empty it again and let the steam of the bottle to the burn hole and it would burst immediately.
    Boils:- A girl that never saw her father can cure boils by breathing on them three times. The seventh son in a family has a cure for boils.
    Warts:- If a person with warts got a stone with a hole and water in it without looking for it. The water would cure the warts.
    Headache:- For a person with a headache they could cure it by taking a good drink of black tea or to hold your head over hot tea would cure a headache.
    Maureen McGrath Kilgevrin. Told by
    Patrick McGrath Kilgevrin Milltown
    Tuam Co Galway:- 58 yrs
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cill Ghoibhreann, Co. na Gaillimhe
    Informant
    Patrick Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    58
    Address
    Cill Ghoibhreann, Co. na Gaillimhe