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School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)

Location:
Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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    The cure for warts is to dip your finger into the water that the blacksmith cools his irons in.
    II
    The cure for the toothache is to put tobacco in the tooth.
    III
    The cure for a chicken with the gapes is to get a long horse hair and double it in two and put it down the chicken throat and pull it up again.
    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
    May Bell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    11
    Address
    Drummucklagh, Co. Donegal