School: Fraine, Athboy (roll number 14766)
- Location:
- An Fráin, Co. na Mí
- Teacher: Brighid, Bean Uí Chonalláin
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- Thrush:-
Eat what a ferret leaves over after its breakfast, or if a child never saw its father, it saw the cure of the thrush
Toothache:-
Put candle grease into the tooth
Ringworm:-
Eat a buttercup fasting each Wednesday for a month.
Kidney Trouble:-
Chew an herb called "mouse's ear" on every Friday night before going to bed.
- Collector
- Á. Ní Dh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Devine
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baiscneach Uachtarach, Co. na Mí
- Toothache:-
Put a straw out of the crib,
Whooping - cough:-
Drink the milk that a ferret leaves,
Thrush:-
Put goose grease to the part affected,(continues on next page) - Collector
- M. Ní Bh
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Francis Brogan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Baile Huigín, Co. na Mí
