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School: St Joseph's, Béal Átha Seanaigh

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Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
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An Br. S. Ó Murchadha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1027, Page 017

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    “Mountain sage which is got on the mountain is a good cure for consumption. For a sore throat roast salt and put it in a stocking and tie it round your throat. To cure a wart get a potato...”

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    Mountain sage which is got on the mountain is a good cure for consumption. For a sore throat roast salt and put it in a stocking and tie it round your throat. To cure a wart get a potato and cut it in four pieces, and rub each of them to the wart and when the potato decays the wart disappears.
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    “The old people had many cures for the whooping-cough. This is one of them. The milk which a ferret left over after a meal was taken home to the patient and it had to be taken three times in the name of the Father...”

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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
          1. medicine for human sicknesses
            1. whooping-cough (~234)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Mc Aleer
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drumacrin, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drumacrin, Co. Donegal