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School: Caisleán Uí Liatháin (B.) (roll number 1867)

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Caisleán Ó Liatháin, Co. Chorcaí
Teacher:
Éamonn Ó Ceallacháin
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    bag and open it would get the warts, and according as the warts were coming on them they would be leaving the person who had them.
    To cure a dog with distemper stick his head in cold water.
    Another cure for a dog with distemper is to make him swallow a fistful of hot salt.
    Another cure for a wart is to rub it hard with a bit of fat bacon. Then bury the bacon and the wart would go away by degrees.
    The leavings of milk after feeding the ferrets is a cure for whooping cough.
    A cure for the thrush is to have a boy who never saw his mother to blow his breath down the throat of the person with the thrush.
    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
    James Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Caisleán Ó Liatháin, Co. Chorcaí
    Informant
    Laurence Murphy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Caisleán Ó Liatháin, Co. Chorcaí