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School: Corlea

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An Chorr Liath, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
T. Ó Mearáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1009, Page 033

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    If the god-parents of the child buy a red ribbon and tie it around the child's neck.
    Another cure for the whooping cough if you meet a man riding a piebald horse say" you who ride on a piebald horse whats your cure for the whooping cough."
    Cure for ringworm is to point gold at it.
    The cure for mumps is to put a halter on the patient and bring him round the pig sty three times.
    The cure for a toothache is to go to a graveyard and get a dead persons tooth and rub it to the affected one. This will relieve the pain and you will never have a toothache again. The cure for corns is to put a nail in the
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhaíochtaí
      1. cleachtas an leighis
        1. leigheas dúchasach (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Finnegan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Chorr Liath, Co. an Chabháin
    Informant
    Philip Finnegan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    An Chorr Liath, Co. an Chabháin