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School: Killygordon (roll number 11585)

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Killygordon, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
M. Eibhlín Ní Loinsigh
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    Local Cures
    My father knows a lady who lives in Ruskey about two miles from where I live. This lady lives in a house alone, she is old now. She has a cure for the "Whitlow". She lets nobody see her cure and you must go to her house three times a week.
    She puts a plaster on for eight days, and it is very painful. If you attend a doctor first he could not cure you for a long time. This lady makes no charge, but she will take anything you like to give her. She has cured hundreds of people.
    Maisie Lyttle,
    Mullingar,
    Killygordon,
    Co. Donegal.
    Collected from
    Wm Lyttle (farmer 37 years).
    Mullingar,
    Killygordon,
    Co Donegal.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. medical practice
        1. folk medicine (~11,815)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maisie Lyttle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    William Lyttle
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    37
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Mullingar, Co. Donegal