School: Sruth Nua
- Location:
- Ardnacally, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Tomás de Brún
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Cures
Milk which a ferret leaves after him is a cure for a cold.
When you meet a man on a white horse ask him for a cure for the chincough, and what ever he would say take it and you would be cured
If you get a foxes tongue and he alive it would take a thorn out of your foot.
There is a cure in every sinew part of a pigs "crúibín" An old cure for a headake is to get your head measured
A cure for a hic cough is to hold your breath as long as you can.
To boil the bark of a holly tree in milk and(continues on next page)
