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School: Glenmaquin (roll number 9748)

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Glenmaquin, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Eilís Bean Uí Leathain
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    How to cure the measles. The home cure is to get nettles and boil them to make nettle broth. That is supposed to cure whoever has them.
    Steward Bonar of Deerpark Convoy can cure a sprain and he can cure a bleeding nose. Annie Doherty can cure ringworm by rubbing it with a gold ring.
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    Local Cures
    In olden times people got remedies for their ailments eg. toothache; some people smoked a pipe and some put a chew in the tooth.
    Boils; people take two ozs of yeast to cure boils.
    Whooping cough; put the perons through under a donkey's belly and then you give the donkey oaten bread and the one who has the whooping-cough eats the crumbs.
    Mumps; A person whose father and mother are of the same name before their marriage leads you to a south running
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    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joe Mc Kinney
    Gender
    Male