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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

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Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
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Hugh McKee Fleck
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    Local Cures.
    The local cure for sore eyes is to put a plaster of tea leaves to them.
    The cure for the mumps is to go under a donkey three times.
    The cure for the whooping-cough is to get a piece of bread, butter and jam, from two persons having the same name before being married.
    There are two holy wells in the Parish of Iskaheen, Muff, Co. Donegla, one of them is in Miss Mary McColgan's field, and the other is Miss Mary McColgan's glen, one of them is called the eye well and the other is called the head well.
    Patrick Canning,
    Sappagh, Muff, Co. Donegal.
    Material obtained from:
    Mrs. Canning, Aged 36 years
    Sappagh, Muff, Co. Donegal.
    Transcribed by:-
    James McIvor, Carnamoyle, N.S. 31st October 1938
    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
    James Mc Ivor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
    Collector
    Patrick Canning
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Soppog, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Canning
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    36
    Address
    Soppog, Co. Donegal