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School: Carnamoyle (roll number 7344)

Location:
Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Hugh McKee Fleck
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    There are two holy wells in Iskaheen, Muff, Co. Donegal an eye-well and a head-well and persons that have sore eyes go to the eye-well and wash their eyes with the holy water, and any persons that have a sore head go to the head-well and rub their heads with the holy water. Long ago when the people took the toothache they caught a frog and (and) kissed it for a cure. The cure that was for the whooping cough was, the persons had to go three times underneath a donkey.
    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
    Patrick Redden
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Mrs Redden
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    40
    Address
    Carnamoyle, Co. Donegal